November 28, 2024 - 10:44am
Good morning and happy Thanksgiving.
I am making a focaccia dough. It's a new to me recipe. I started this dough yesterday. I mixed it at 5:00 PM. It is supposed to sit overnight and ferment anywhere from 12 to 18 hours @ room temperature. As stated, I mixed the dough at 5:00 PM, sat it on the counter and went to bed later that evening.
My dear wife gets up at 4:30 AM and thinks I forgot to put in the refrigerator like I do with some breads. I get up at 8:00 AM and see what she has done. So this bread was in the refrigerator 3 and 1/2 hours. I know it hasn't ruined the dough, but I'm not sure what that does to the fermentation time span.
- 4½ cups (22½ oz/639 g) bread flour
- 2½ teaspoons salt
- 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
- 1½ teaspoons instant yeast
- 2½ cups (20 fl oz/600 ml) warm water
- ¼ cup (2 fl oz/60 ml) plus 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons chopped rosemary
The video I'm following.
Give it 3hrs and take off a rise. Enjoy!
I often have to put a dough in the refrig due to time constraints.
I guess I would let it rise to its "full of bubbles" stage and continue.
The bread turned out fairly well. I got very little oven spring. Is that normal for focaccia bread?