Homemade Tomato garlic Focaccia bread

Homemade Tomato garlic Focaccia bread

Prep time: 20 mins          Baking time: 25 mins           Yield: 3 persons

Ingredients:

For dough:

• 4 cups all purpose flour (500 grams)
• 1 Tablespoon salt
• A tablespoon of dried yeast
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1  1/4 cup warm water

For filling:

• 5 cherry tomatoes
• 1 tablespoon green thyme
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 clove garlic

Instructions

1. In a large bowl, place all the dough ingredients and knead until the dough elastic soft , form the dough as a ball, grease with olive oil then cover the bowl with plastic wrap or a kitchen towel.
2. Allow dough to rest in a warm place for 50-60 minutes.
3. Dust the table with flour, then spread the dough as an oval shape, about 4 cm high thick.
4. Move the dough to a tray covered with parchment paper or paint with olive oil.
5. Make a small holes in the loaf with your fingers.
6. Cover the dough to rest for another 40 minutes.
7. Crushed the garlic then pour above 2 tbsp of olive oil, cut the tomatoes into two parts.
8. After 40 minutes, into loaf press with you fingers the previous shape.
9. Grease the surface with garlic oil mixture, you can add more(the more olive oil the more mushy bread) then sprinkle thyme and trample tomatoes into the loaf.
10. Bake in preheated oven 220°C /400F for 20 – 25 mins.

Enjoy!