Focaccia

Recipe- Cookin Canuck

Focaccia be kidding me!

Process-

This was so easy- ANYONE can make this. I repeat anyone can make this! You bloom yeast, add flour, knead and then let it rest! The other cool thing about focaccia is that you can customize it with whatever you want! I had tomatoes my dad grew, cipollini onions from the farmers market, some olives that I put on top. I only used olives because I had some olive branches from my parents olive tree in their backyard. I’m learning that you can use almost anything natural as a photo prop.

Taste-

This was delicious! The caramelized cipollini onion with the sweet heirloom tomatoes! OMG. The onions gave the bread a creaminess and the sweet tomatoes balanced out the bitter dough.

It’s very soft on the inside and crusty on the outside. It’s the perfect bread to walk around with because it won’t break. The flavor is almost like sourdough, but not. Sourdough has a stronger yeast taste, but this definitely has a yeast flavor to it.

I just thought of making sandwiches with focaccia! Those would be delicious and the bread is thick enough to cut in half- or maybe making sandwiches with focaccia is dated? I just had a flash back of eating one when I was in college. It’s still a good idea.

Random Thoughts-

WE ARE MOVING- up the street. We are so lucky to have found this place. It’s really competitive and expensive here. We wanted something bigger for cheaper and we got! This place is adorable. It’s 100 sf more than what we have and a craftsmen style house with all hardwood floors and stained glass window! Also a mini view of the ocean! Taylor and I are so excited. Things have been so difficult for everyone including us since March- it’s nice to get a win!

After Taylor’s birthday ( September 14th) I’m acting like it’s October. It will be one of the only things that makes me happy. I don’t care if it’s too soon. We need the Holidays. Now. I’ve been watching Halloween Baking Championship on The Food Network to get prepared.

I went to a restaurant last night for the first time since March. It felt good to feel semi-normal again! I’m not going to do it every weekend, but it was stilll fun! I am torn with how I feel about going to restaurnats- we need to support restaurants but there are alot of people that don’t beleive in what’s going on and alot of establishments not taking COVID seriously. The restaurant we went to last night was fine. We were a good distance away from everyone and outside. I don’t know. I wish things weren’t so “sticky” right now. Does that make sense? I feel like EVERY decision that I make has to be thought about very carefully because there are so many issues to consider now.