Sardine and olive foccacia
Sardine and olive foccacia

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While the sardines are cooking, slice the foccacia, dip both sides in olive oil and place under the grill until crispy and golden brown. Using a bread knife, cut off the top of the focaccia, dividing the slab into a thin top and thick bottom. Push sprigs of rosemary into the dimples in the dough.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook sardine and olive foccacia using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Sardine and olive foccacia:
  1. Make ready 250 g strong flour
  2. Take 200 ml warm water
  3. Take 1 tsp salt
  4. Take 1.5 tsp yeast
  5. Get 1 tsp sugar
  6. Make ready 2 tbsp olive oil
  7. Take 1 tsp garlic
  8. Make ready 2 tsp paprika
  9. Make ready 2 tsp mixed herbs
  10. Get 2 sardines fillets from can
  11. Take 6-8 olives halved

Any good ideas on what to do with that olive oil? French fougasse (a little like focaccia) is traditionally a flatbread baked on the bottom of the oven, used by bakers to test the temperature before the main bake. This was well before the time of thermometers, of course. In contrast to its Ligurian cousin foccacia, fougasse contains much less olive oil and has more of a chewy crust.

Steps to make Sardine and olive foccacia:
  1. Place the flour, salt, yeast, olive oil, garlic, paprika, mixed herbs, sugar and water into a large bowl. Gently stir with your hand or a wooden spoon to form a dough, then knead the dough in the bowl for five minutes.
  2. Tip the dough onto an oiled work surface and continue kneading for five more minutes. Return the dough to the bowl, cover and leave to rise until doubled in size.
  3. After rising, tip again unto a floured surface and add the crushed sardines and incorporate gently.
  4. Line a large baking tray with baking paper. Flatten the dough onto the prepared tray, pushing to the corners.
  5. Cover with a large plastic bag, making sure it does not touch the top of the dough, then leave to prove for one hour.
  6. Preheat the oven to 220C/200C Fan/Gas 7. Drizzle the loaves with oil, sprinkle with fine sea salt, top with slices olives and thyme, then bake in the oven for 20 minutes. When cooked, drizzle with a little more olive oil and serve hot or warm.

They can be used in salads, as a snack on crackers, or as part of the main course. Before using sardines, make sure that the canned ones have been rinsed under. Sardines provide both EPA and DHA fats, which are beneficial for the brain, heart, and to reduce inflammation. I always have tins of them (packed in olive oil) in my pantry. So, that beautiful pizza is just what I would love right now.

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