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Focaccia with Grapes & Rosemary {Schiacciata con L’uva}

October 9, 2017 By Korena in the Kitchen Leave a Comment

Before we get caught up in the pumpkin spice madness that seems to take hold in the fall, let’s take a moment to appreciate the humble grape. Grapes are one of those fruits that I could usually take or leave, except for during the small window from the end of September to early October when Concord grapes are in season. So ten days ago when I saw some Coronation grapes – similar to Concords with with their dark blue-ish purple skin and tangy juice – at the grocery store, I snapped them up because 1) YUM and 2) I’ve been wanting to make schiacciata con l’uva, a Tuscan grape focaccia only made in September to coincide with the wine grape harvest, commonly made with Concord or similar grapes elsewhere in the world. And WOW – this stuff is amazing, the purple grape-iness mingled with rosemary, all sprinkled with coarse sugar and a little salt, not to mention the olive-oil infused focaccia bread base.

Focaccia with Grapes & Rosemary | Korena in the Kitchen

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Filed Under: Bread, Cookies & Squares, Fruit, Recipes Tagged With: baking, bread, focaccia, grapes, Italian cuisine, recipe, yeast

Daring Bakers: Sweet or Savoury Sourdough Focaccia

April 27, 2015 By Korena in the Kitchen 14 Comments

Sourdough Focaccia | Korena in the KitchenFor the month of April Rachael of pizzarossa and Sawsan of Chef in Disguise took us on a trip to Italy. They challenged us to try our hands at making focaccia from scratch.

As soon as I saw this month’s Daring Bakers challenge, I knew exactly what I wanted to make: raisin focaccia. While not as well known as savoury, rosemary and salt topped focaccia, apparently this sweet version is a well-loved breakfast item in the Ligurian region of Italy. I’d had a recipe bookmarked for quite a while, and this seemed like the perfect chance to finally make it, so I did. However, I should have known better when the recipe only specified three minutes of kneading and no bulk fermentation. The resulting focaccia was pretty “meh” tasting, and it lacked so much in structure that it fell apart when I tried to take it out of the pan. Sadly, raisin focaccia round one was a big ol’ FAIL.

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Filed Under: Bread, Daring Bakers / Daring Kitchen Challenges, Recipes Tagged With: baking, bread, Daring Bakers, focaccia, Italian cuisine, raisins, recipe, sourdough

The Ultimate Focaccia

February 6, 2013 By Korena in the Kitchen 32 Comments

Nancy Sivertson's FocacciaThere is a restaurant in Victoria called Pagliacci’s that is famous for its focaccia bread: light, fluffy, chewy, flavourful, and baked in olive oil so that the crust is both crunchy and almost buttery at the same time. I know several people who go there just for the bread (myself included), and it stands to reason that making a Pagliacci’s taste-alike focaccia was on my List.

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Filed Under: Bread, Recipes Tagged With: baking, bread, focaccia, mozzarella and olive focaccia, Nancy Silverton, preferment, recipe, rosemary, yeast

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