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Small-Batch Cheesy Focaccia

A small focaccia with crisp, golden cheese edges.

Ingredients

Ingredients for1 small focaccia
IngredientAmount
Dough
Bread Flour120 g
Table salt0.5 tsp
Instant yeast3/8 tsp.0.375 tsp
WaterLukewarm.85 g
Olive oil3.5 tsp
Cheese topping
Mozzarella cheese57 g
Parmesan cheese25 g

Method

  1. 1

    Mix dough ingredients with 1½ tsp of the oil. Rest and fold twice at 15-minute intervals, then proof 1–1½ hours.

  2. 2

    Coat a 23 × 13cm (9 × 5in) loaf tin with the remaining 2 tsp oil. Stretch in the dough and proof 1½–2 hours. Preheat a stone or steel to 260°C/500°F.

  3. 3

    Lower to 230°C/450°F and bake 8–10 minutes. Add cheese to the surface and edges.

  4. 4

    Bake another 10–12 minutes until bubbling and crisp. Rest 5 minutes in the tin, then release.