I'm back!!!!

Hello everyone!!!
We are just back home and we had great time!!!
I will try to post some vacation pics tomorrow, just need some time to do some "welcome back home" homework;).
I would also like to THANK you all for leaving the sweetest and kindest comments on my previous post!!!I wish I can send to you all the winning set, but due to the terrible international shipping charges and duties that we are paying here for each parcel containing other than paper stuff, I will have to announce one winner selected by random drawing.
And the winner is Laurie who said:
Have a wonderful trip to Greece! I'm jealous........wish I could come along, too. Take lots of beautiful pics.
I'd love to win a set of hair pins!
Gorgeous!
Laurie~

But, as I would feel terrible not to send at least something to all of you, I would LOVE to send to everyone that left the comment in my previous post, one of my digital prints !!!
So, please, send me your addresses for shipments everyone to: nina@likeflowersandbutterflies.com
with subject: give-away
Hope you will like it;)
xoxo
katarina

Focaccia

WE've just finished our dinner that my hubby prepared(lucky me!!!), so thought to share this yummi recipe here.



Focaccia is quite popular in Italy and is usually seasoned with extra-virgin olive oil and/or herbs, sometimes topped with cheese or flavored with a number of vegetables (like onions for example). Focaccia dough is similar in style and texture to pizza dough consisting of high-gluten flour, water, salt and yeast, just a bit cakier but the crust has a satisfying chewiness that almost makes up for that, and the flavor is very good.






INGREDIENTS


2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour (350 grams of flower)
1 teaspoon sea salt (10 grams of sea salt)
1 teaspoon white sugar (10 grams of sugar)
1 tablespoon of fresh yeast (20 grams of fresh yeast)
1 cup lukewarm water (+/- 200 ml lukewarm water)
2+ tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons butter
2 smashed potatoes
ripe cherry or date tomatoes
spices (origano,pepper,rosemary etc.)
olives
1 cup mozzarella (200 g mozzarella)



Let the fresh yeast dissolve for 5-10 minutes in the lukewarm water with sugar and a splash of floar(it will help proving). Mix flour and salt in a bowl. Add the yeast with sugar in a small hole in the flour. Add 2 cooked and smashed potatoes(potatoes add softness, height, and moisture to the dough, while a quick sponge creates air pockets and chewiness).


When the dough starts forming a ball, add a bit of the the olive oil. Knead for about 5-10 minutes with the wooden spoon. The mixure will not be able to be mixed with hands as it needs to be a bit wet and sticky;)(it will lead you to obtain the soft dough, but if you would prefer it rather like pizza alike structure, you should add as much flour as it needs to be compact dough). Leave to prove for about 1 hour or until doubled in size.




Cover your baking tray with pieces of butter and a bit of olive oil,too(it will bring the great tasty (read greasy ;) crust.





Knock the rised daugh into your generously oiled baking tray and dimple it a bit with wood spoon(it will help achiving the large bubbles during the fermentation and will mix a bit of oil into the dough and the result will be a focaccia bread that rose very high and had a nice, light texture and wonderful crust).





Add the little tomatoes and scatter them nicely over the dough(the best results are when adding a bit of tomato sauce with fresh tomatoes). Now make indents with your fingers and or thumbs in the dough, getting the characteristic focaccia holes.









Add spices upon your preferances. Leave to prove again for about 30 minutes. Bake in a preheated oven, 200-220 C (425 F) for about 30 minutes.








Buon appetito!!!




xo
Katarina