Sage and Garlic Focaccia
By: pepsakoy
Published: Saturday, December 5, 2009 - 1:06am

Ingredients




1 1/2 cups bread flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 teaspoon heaped  salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon instant yeast
1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
175 ml warm water
7 fresh sage leaves, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, crushed
Topping:

coarse sea salt

3 tablespoons olive oil
a few sage leaves, roughly torn

Preparation

1 Stir together the flours, yeast, salt, sugar, sage and garlic in a mixing bowl. Add the olive oil and water then mix everything, using a dough hook to form a rough ball. Increase to medium speed and knead the dough for about 10 minutes. Turn the dough out onto working surface, knead by hands for another 5-10 minutes until the dough is smooth and elastic. 2 Place the dough into a greased bowl, turn over once to get it coated with oil,cover with plastic wrap and let it rise for 1.5 hours. 3 Turn the dough out onto a greased baking tray ( 11"*7")without punching it down. Then gradually spread the dough with your figfers out evenly over the tray. Cover and let it rise again for 45 minutes. 4 Preheat the oven to 200c. Dimple the dough with your fingertips ,make sure you press them down deep enough. Brush the dough with 2 tbsp olive oil, then sprinkle the sea salt over and decorate with sage. Bake in the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes. Leave to cool in the tray for 5 minutes before turning the bread out onto a wire rack to cool a bit more before served.