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Focaccia with Pesto recipe icon

Focaccia with Pesto

Crispy flatbread with aromatic basil, pine nut, and parmesan sauce. The dough made with fresh yeast rises twice, then bakes with a thin layer of pesto. Served hot with an extra portion of sauce for dipping.

Prep
240 min
Cooking
40 min
Total
280 min
Standard serving
292.2 g

Ingredients

Total 10

Instructions

  1. 1

    Step 1

    Remove the hard basil stems, place the leaves in a blender bowl.

  2. 2

    Step 2

    Add pine nuts, grated Parmesan, garlic, salt and pepper. Blend with a blender, gradually adding olive oil in a thin stream.

  3. 3

    Step 3

    Transfer the sauce to a jar, close it, and put it in the refrigerator.

  4. 4

    Step 4

    Dissolve the yeast in warm water. Gradually add flour, kneading the dough until smooth. At the end, add salt and olive oil.

  5. 5

    Step 5

    Gather the prepared dough, wrap it in plastic wrap or cover with a towel. Let it rise for 2 hours.

  6. 6

    Step 6

    Knead the dough, gather it into a ball, cover again and let it rise for another 2 hours.

  7. 7

    Step 7

    Divide the dough into 2 parts, roll each into a circle 3 mm thick. Spread the pesto in a thin layer on the surface of the flatbreads, leaving about 1.5 cm from the edges.

  8. 8

    Step 8

    Bake the focaccia one flatbread at a time in an oven preheated to 280 degrees with the top heating function enabled.

  9. 9

    Step 9

    Serve the focaccia immediately. Serve the remaining pesto separately for dipping.

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