Foccacia Bread

Start biga, night before, & start dough about 3.5 hours before eating. 500F/260C start, 450F/230C bake for 25-30 minutes.

Biga

0 g 1

Mixer bowl

150 g

flour(!17.6% !)

150 g

warm water (100F/37C-110F/43C)(!17.6% !)

1.6 g / 1/2 tsp

instant yeast(!0.2% !)

Dough

700 g

flour(!82.4% !)

565 g

warm water(!66.5% !)

6.2 g / 2 tsp

instant yeast(!0.7% !)

17 g	table salt(!2.0% !)

55 g / 60 ml / 6 TBL

olive oil(!6.5% !)

0 g 2 TBL

rosemary(! Missing weight and calories!!)

4.25 g / 1.5 tsp

kosher salt(!0.5% !)

0 g 1/2

sheet pan(! Missing weight and calories!!)

1649 g ??3610 Calories

Total (Missing weight and calories!)(!??219 Calories/100g !)(!??194%!)

Combine Biga with Flour

Combine biga ingredients until mixed, cover and let rise 8-24 hrs @ room temp then store up to 3 days in fridge.

Stir dough ingredients together with biga until mixed. Let rise for 15 minutes.

Add 2% salt and mix thoroughly.

Let rise 30 minutes, and gently!!! fold 8 times, rotating bowl 90 degrees between each fold.

Rise 30 min, repeat gentle folding motion

Preheat oven to 500F/260C, Let rise 30 minutes

Add olive oil to parchment on sheet pan and to top of dough.

Pour dough in one or two pieces onto parchment,or form into one large rectangular loaf.

Let rest for 5-10 minutes.

Spread dough out with oiled fingers to cover most of sheet pan while retaining shapes.

Sprinkle dough with rosemary & salt (0.5%) or other flavouring, press down lightly to incorporate.

Prick/dock dough with fork to get all bubbles and pockets.

Drizzle lightly with olive oil.

Rest 15-30 minutes

Place sheet pan in oven on baking stone,reduce temp to 450F/230C and bake for 25-28 minutes until tops are golden.

Add cheese 10 minutes before end to prevent burning.

Remove and place on wire rack to cool. <EOI>

Note	2016-04-19 Five hours before eating Use 200g for biga, subtract 50g each flour water. Do 3 folds, then dump let rest 20 min, stretch rest 20. Cook upper rack 22 minutes.

Note	2017-03-04 Using 3/4 recipe in 1/2 sheet pan creates a nice crispy crust when cooked in a gas oven, Kents.

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