How to Make Focaccia with Cheese, Olives, Rosemary and Tomatoes

Focaccia is a healthy and simple snack. You can take it along to a picnic or on a trip. It can go well with many dishes. Focaccia is made with different herbs and stuffings.

We made a special kind of focaccia adding cheese and chickpea flour to the dough. The result exceeded our expectations, the taste was marvelous.

Ingredients for Focaccia with Cheese

• Wheat flour: 250 gr.
• Chickpea flour: 100 gr.
• Warm water: 200 ml.
• Fresh yeast 25 gr.
• Olive oil, salt.
• A handful of olives.
• Any piece of semi hard cheese: about 100 gr.
• Tomatoes: 2-3
• Fresh rosemary.

Recipe for Focaccia with Cheese

1. Dissolve yeast in warm water with chickpea flour, leave to come to for about half an hour.
2. Add wheat flour, 4 tbsp. olive oil, salt and knead soft dough.
3. Drizzle the worktable with flour and work on the dough for about 10 minutes. If the dough sticks to the fingers, smear them with oil.
4. Place the dough into a bowl, cover up with film and leave to stand for about 2-3 hours.
5. When the dough has risen, mix in bits of cheese and olives.

1. Spread the dough over a baking tray with parchment over the bottom.
2. Sprinkle rosemary over the top, set tomato slices, pressing them into the dough slightly.
3. Drizzle a little oil over it.

1. Let it come to for about 20-25 minutes.
2. Bake in the oven pre-heated to 355 degrees until it acquires a nicely golden color, about 20 minutes.