Focaccia Barese - Bari style Focaccia


Focaccia Barese is the best focaccia in Italy. Ingredients: - 1-1/4 cups flour - 3/4 cups semolina flours - 1 medium potato (~ 4.5 oz) - Cherry or two large meaty tomatoes - 2 tsps yeast - 1/2 tsp sugar - 4 tsps sea salt - olive oil to taste (the more the better!) - Cook the potato until soft and allow to cool - Mix 1/2 cup of warm water with yeast and sugar and let it ferment for 10-minutes - Mash the potato in a large bowl, mix well with flour, 2-tsps salt, 3-tbsps olive oil - add yeast water to the bowl and mix well to become a uniform - Oil a deep pan (approximately 14\"x14\"x1-1/2 deep), spread the dough with wet hand to cover the pan. Cover with plastic wrap and keep warm until the dough has doubled in height or at least for one hour - Cut tomatoes into 1/2-inch pieces and cover 80% of the dough - Drizzle generous amount of olive oil, salt, black pepper and oregano if you wish - Bake for 30-minutes in 400 deg. F preheated oven, cut into 4-inch squares, and serve hot