Quick and Easy Focaccia with Cherry Tomatoes

Have you run out of bread? Don't despair! I propose you a perfect recipe to serve as an alternative to the classic bread: focaccia with lots of cherry tomatoes! The dough, easy and fast, does not require waiting for the rising times: ready to put your hands in the dough?

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Identity Card of the Recipe

• 165 KCal Calories per serving

• Ingrediants

  For pasta

  • 400 g of white flour of type 00
  • 400 ml of water
  • 11 g of salt
  • 13 g of instant yeast
  • 40 ml of extra virgin olive oil

  For decoration

  • 1 teaspoon of coarse salt
  • 300 g of cherry tomatoes
  • 20 ml of water
  • 20 ml of extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon of oregano

  Materials Needed

  • Round pan with a diameter of 30 cm
  • Bowl
  • Sieve
  • Scale weighs food
  • Baking paper
  • Knife

  Preparation

  1. First, preheat the oven to 180 ° C (function: ventilated).
  2. Wash the cherry tomatoes and cut them in half.
  3. In a bowl, sift the white flour with the instant yeast. Add the salt and mix with extra virgin olive oil and water: mix thoroughly until a thick batter is obtained.
  4. Line a round mold with a diameter of 30 cm cm with baking paper, or grease and flour the pan.
  5. Pour the mixture into the mold, level with a spatula and, with light pressure, fit the cherry tomatoes into the dough.

  Some alternative ideas
  For a more rustic flavor, use a mix of white flour and wholemeal flour.
  To enrich the cherry tomatoes, you can add slices of olives or, for a non-vegetarian version, anchovy fillets or cheese.

  6. In a small bowl, emulsify the oil with the water, then pour the mixture over the dough.
  7. Finish with grains of coarse salt and oregano.
  8. Place in the oven immediately and bake at 180 ° C for about 40 minutes.
  9. Remove the water cake from the oven, allow to cool, cut into cubes and serve.
  10. The focaccia can be kept in the fridge for a couple of days, tightly closed in a plastic bag.
  11. For longer storage, freeze the focaccia and consume within a couple of months.

  Alice's comment - PersonalCooker

  The rustic focaccia can be prepared in a thousand ways: you can change the type of flour, stuff it with vegetables or cheese, use milk instead of water or much more! Whichever way you propose it, the cherry tomato focaccia will guarantee you a success!

  Also try a quick and non-rising version of the focaccia

  Nutritional values ​​and Health Comment on the recipe

  The Quick and Easy Focaccia with Cherry Tomatoes is a recipe that falls into the group of bread and related products.
  It has a significant energy intake, mainly provided by carbohydrates, followed by lipids and finally proteins.
  Carbohydrates are mainly complex, monounsaturated fatty acids and peptides of medium biological value.
  Fiber is abundant and cholesterol is significant.
  The Quick and Easy Focaccia with Cherry Tomatoes is suitable for most diets, although the portion and frequency of consumption should be reduced in case of overweight, type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertriglyceridemia.
  It does not contain lactose and is suitable for the diet against milk sugar intolerance.
  It is rich in gluten and does not lend itself to the diet for celiac disease.
  Admitted by the vegetarian philosophy, it is not relevant to the vegan regime.
  The average portion, instead of bread, is about 60-90 g, depending on the general composition of the diet (100-150 kcal).