Christmas focaccia

Total: 1 hr 50 min. | Active: 20 min.
vegetarian, lactose-free

There was no avoiding this wonderful "garden focaccia" this year – at least not from where I was standing. And what an eye-catching addition it would make to a Christmas drinks reception!

Recipe by:
Claudia - stylingqueen

Ingredients

for 1 piece

Yeast dough
500 g white flour
1 ½ tsp salt
1 parcel dry yeast
3 dl water
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp liquid honey
2 tbsp dried rosemary
Vegetables
carrots, cut into slices approx. 4 mm thick
¼  leek, cut into sticks approx. 5 cm long
radishes, in slices
3 sprig rosemary, cut in half
To shape
a little  white flour
Topping
1 tbsp olive oil
a little  sea salt

How it's done

Yeast dough

Mix the flour and salt in a bowl. Dissolve the yeast in the water, add to the flour along with the olive oil, honey and rosemary, knead the mixture to form a smooth dough. Cover the dough and leave to rise at room temperature for approx. 1 hr.

Vegetables

Cut out 6 stars from slices of carrot. Cut the leek into strips approx. 1 cm wide.

To shape

On a lightly floured surface, shape the dough into a ball, flatten slightly, roll out into a focaccia or pull apart by hand. Place the focaccia on a baking tray lined with baking paper.

Topping

Arrange the vegetables on top of the dough to create a Christmas tree. Brush the vegetables and the dough with oil, sprinkle with fleur de sel, leave to rise for a further 10 mins.

To bake

Approx. 30 mins. in the lower half of an oven preheated to 220°C. Remove from the oven, allow to cool slightly on a rack, serve lukewarm.

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