October 8, 2011 - 5:48pm
Autumn harvest focaccia
Hi all
Thanks for the advice from those of you who responded to my question about green cherry tomatoes to be used in focaccia. I went ahead and used them without pre cooking, and here are the results. I used Peter Reinhart's pain a l'ancienne dough with 30% whole wheat, then made it into a focaccia after retarding overnight. I topped it with olive oil in which had been soaked italian herbs and two large crushed garlic cloves. As you can see, I used up all our remaining cherry tomatoes, in varying stages or ripeness, all of which were fairly small. The green tomatoes softened up nicely while cooking, and had a slighly sour taste in the bread, which was a nice savory twist.
I had to smile; at first glance they looked like jelly beans :-)
Well done,
Jim
about the green tomatos not softening. Nice Bread!
David G
It would be the talk of any food-centric gathering :-)
I've been plotting a "harvest focaccia" of my own lately, using pureed pumpkin or sweet potatoes/yams. After seeing yours, I'm definitely going to try it next weekend.