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Focaccia Bread with Herbs

Written by Published on Updated on June 2, 2019 in Breads, Mediterranean cuisine

Hello everyone and I hope that everyone had a great week!  My hubby has not been feeling well these past few days, he has come down with a cold. So, this kind of put the menu I had planned for today on hold, so that meant we are having soup, what else but Chicken Soup for lunch!!  Charlie had me up most of the night, doggie’s stomach is not well, I think he also has a stomach ache. 🙁   

So, to keep myself occupied while both my husband and my dog are asleep I went to the kitchen and made bread to have along with the soup.  I always like to have bread or crackers to go along with our soup so I made this simple Italian Focaccia Bread, and topped it off with Italian Herbs.  

Charlie woke up a little while ago, it seems he is feeling much better.  🙂

Have a good Sunday and good week everyone!! 🙂

I would love to hear any feedback if you decide to make this recipe; 🙂

FOCACCIA BREAD WITH HERBS

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Ingredients
  

  • 6 cups Whole Wheat Flour
  • 1 teaspoon Dry Yeast
  • 2 cups Luke Warm Water
  • 1/2 cup Olive Oil
  • 1 1/2 tablespoon of Salt
  • 1/2 tablespoon of Sugar
  • 1 package of Italian Herbs

Instructions
 

  • Add all the dry ingredients into a mixing bowl, and knead by hand, or if you have a machine use that to knead the bread instead. I have to purchase a new one because mine stopped working a couple of months ago. 🙁 Add 1/2 cup of the water into the yeast and set aside until its ready.
  • Add the rest of the water and yeast into the dough and knead into a ball, cover with a kitchen towel or plastic wrap and set aside to rise for about 1 hour.
  • Once the dough is ready oil brush a baking pan and start to spread out using your hands. Then use your fingers to dimple the dough inwards.
  • Pour Olive Oil and brush thoroughly over the dough. Sprinkle the herbs on top and set aside for 30 for dough to rise.
  • I bought a small package of ready made Italian Herbs instead of making my own this time around.
  • Bake at 160 degrees for 1 hour or until golden brown. (If you want a bit of a crunchy taste to the Focaccia, add a bowl of water onto the bottom shelf of your oven)

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Welcome to a small corner of my Greek Heritage. Growing up in New York from Greek parents, was a challenge of its own...but the traditional food, tastes and aromas that my mother cooked always travelled me back to Greece. My mother is a wonderful cook, our house would always have that smell of home cooked food. I remember very clearly that we were only allowed fast food, once a week, that was a huge day for myself and my brother. Jumping up and down in the back car seat, laughing, just being kids. It is true that we all like to eat different foods, taste, smell, even try food that looks different than our regular meals at home and I think that is so natural. In my teens, I was not really into cooking, I enjoyed my magazines after school, listening to music, and just taking a breather. There were times that I would glance at some of my mom's recipes, more out of curiosity than to actually try to cook them. At that time I did not realise that cooking would become my passion one day. Slowly, I would start to look into my mom's recipes a bit more each day and I started to find it interesting as a hobby. Each month I would go into our neighborhood bookstore and pick up my monthly book, until one day I decided to stroll over into the cooking section. That summer was the first time I actually bought a cooking magazine....and I loved it. Cooking and baking started out as a hobby, but now after many years it is my passion. Exploring the cuisines, the spices, the oils, the scents, the variety of smells and tastes that exist. It was and still is an amazing journey without limits. So, come along with me on this adventure, and I hope you enjoy my recipes. Sophie

7 Comments

  1. Orvillewrong
    December 9, 2018 at 12:26 pm  ·  Reply

    This looks so healthy and appetising!

  2. Megala
    December 9, 2018 at 12:59 pm  ·  Reply

    Focaccia bread looks so inviting! I would love to take it along with spicy vegetable curry. 🙂

  3. Lisa@LismorePaper
    December 10, 2018 at 12:39 am  ·  Reply

    This looks amazing! YUM! I hope your hubby and dog are healthy and happy soon!

  4. Margaret from soulfood101blog
    December 10, 2018 at 3:29 am  ·  Reply

    I can’t wait to make this as I just got a new machine that does all this fancy mixing. But I will have to wait because my oven tried to burn my house down 🙂 hahaha such is life. As soon as I can bake again, this is on the top of my list. Thank you Sophie 🙂

  5. dtills
    December 16, 2018 at 10:17 pm  ·  Reply

    You know how much I love bread 😉 focaccia is near the top of the list! Looks great Sophie❤️👩🏻‍🍳

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