recipes 27 Jan 2006 10:05 am
Focaccia Recipe
or best as I can translate 
For the dough:
1 packet fast-rise yeast
about a cup or so of warm water
a T. of sugar
let that get foamy. Then add:
1 T. or so of olive oil
1.5 c flour
some garlic powder, salt (a t. of each?)
Stir to make a runny dough. Add in enough flour until it’s workable, then work it until it’s smooth and elastic (but still fairly soft; getting it too far makes it tough).
Sprinkle a little cornmeal on a baking sheet (used to love my stone but it broke last week). Use olive oil on your fingers and press it out to make a pie.
Sprinkle fairly liberally with olive oil (make dimples in the dough for it to sink into like puddles).
salt and pepper. add herbs (rosemary is good or basil!)
Top it. Sliced tomato, artichoke hearts, mushrooms, veggies, whatever. It’s not pizza though. Keep it sparse. Sprinkle a cheese like feta or parmesean or little dots of fresh mozerella.
Bake it until golden and puffed. I prefer this on the grill but ours isn’t up and running yet and the oven worked fine yesterday.
And this is EXCELLENT with a leafy green salad with a vinegrette dressing!