Focaccia sandwich with grilled vegetables
Serves: 2
Prep time: 25-30 minutes
Cook time: 30-35 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 red bell pepper, cut into pieces
- 1 zucchini, sliced
- 1 red onion, quartered
- Le Belle Excuse Extra Virgin Green Olive Oil
- La Belle Excuse Mountain Oregano Dried on Stem
- 2 pieces focaccia bread, cut in half lengthwise
- 60 ml (1/4 cup) basil pesto
- 1 tomato, sliced
- 250 ml (1 cup) arugula
- La Belle Excuse Balsamic Glaze
- 150 g fresh mozzarella, sliced or broken into pieces
Focaccia bread
- 300 g (1 ¼ cups) slightly hot water
- 130 g (1/2 cup) milk
- 2 g (1/2 tsp.) instant yeast
- 22 g (1 tablespoon) honey
- 54 g (1/4 cup) Le Belle Excuse Extra Virgin Green Olive Oil and more for garnish
- 500 g (3 1/3 cups) bread flour or 00-type flour
- 6 g (1 tsp.) salt and more for topping
Steps
- Preheat oven to 425°F.
- Spread peppers, zucchini and onions on a baking sheet. Season with salt and pepper, add dried oregano and a drizzle of olive oil. Bake for 18-20 minutes.
- Garnish sandwiches with pesto, grilled vegetables, tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, arugula and a drizzle of balsamic glaze
Focaccia bread
- In a bowl, combine the water, milk, instant yeast, honey and olive oil.
- In a second bowl, place flour and add salt. Mix well.
- Gradually add the liquid mixture to the flour mixture and mix well until a homogeneous dough forms.
- Place dough in a bowl coated with olive oil. Cover with a cloth or plastic wrap. Place in a switched-off oven with the light on. Leave to rest for 30 minutes.
- After 30 minutes, stretch the dough and fold over. Turn the bowl over and repeat 3 more times.
- Place the dough in the refrigerator. After 30 minutes, fold the dough over onto itself and return to the fridge. Repeat three more times, with 30-minute intervals between each fold.
- After stretching and folding the dough a total of 3 times, leave in the refrigerator for 12 to 24 hours.
- Transfer the dough to an oiled rectangular baking tin. Roll out the dough with your fingers. Cover with a cloth or plastic wrap and let rest for about 1h30 or until doubled in size.
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Moisten fingers and press into dough. Add a generous drizzle of olive oil. Season with salt.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes. Cool 15-20 minutes before serving