Focaccia with Ham & Cheese Starter Recipe

 Try our super easy recipe for a soft Ciabatta Romana focaccia that you can stuff with your favourite topping! We suggest to cut it in half like a panino and add cooked ham, mozzarella and basil pesto (find all the ingredients at the bottom)! 

To Make the Dough

Dissolve the yeast in the water then mix  the water and yeast with the flour, only add 300ml of the  water for the first part of the kneading and then add the other 50ml after 10 minutes. After other 5 minutes  add the salt and the EVO oil and then let it rest for 45 minutes.

Pour few drops of oil on the baking tray then roll out the dough with a rolling pin and place it in the tray.

Let it rest for another hour.

Use your finger tips to form holes on the surface and sprinkle with salt. Let the dough rise for another hour in a warm and humid place, away from open drafts or windows.

Mix another 20g of water with 20g of EVO in a glass and the distribute it on the surface of the ciabatta, letting it settle in the previously formed craters.

Bake for 35 mins at 230 ° C.

 Once cooked let it cool down, cut it in half and stuff it with your favourite toppings

Enjoy!