- 100 g Sourdough Discard
- 10 g Salt
- 440 g Waterroom temperature
- 512 g Bread flour
- 4 tbsp Olive oilextra-virgin, for greasing and drizzling
- Sea saltto taste
- 1 bulb Garlichalved
- Fresh herbsgreen onion, cherry tomatoes, olives, shallots, to taste
Sourdough Focaccia with Floral Art
This Sourdough Focaccia with Floral Art recipe is another great way to use up your sourdough discard. If you are anything like me, you abhor the idea of wasting food and that’s why sourdough discard recipes are vital at the moment!
Start by mixing the ingredients for the dough together. Leave the dough to proof. Proofing the dough will take around 6 – 8 hours depending on the temperature of your room and the strength of your starter. Once the dough has doubled in size, place it in a baking pan. Leave to rise again before dimpling the surface and decorating with garlic, herbs and vegetables. Bake and enjoy!
To make the Sourdough Focaccia with Floral Art, you will need the following ingredients:
Steps to make Sourdough Focaccia with Floral Art
1 | Mix discard, water and salt | 1 |
Place 100 grams of sourdough discard in a large bowl with 10 grams of salt and 440 grams of water. Stir to combine. | ||
2 | Add flour | 2 |
Add 512 grams of flour and mix until the flour is fully combined. | ||
3 | Fold dough | 2 |
Fold the dough over until you have completed 10 folds. Drizzle the dough with oil and rub to coat. | ||
4 | Proof dough | 8h |
Place a tea towel over the bowl and set to one side until the dough has doubled in size. | ||
5 | Transfer dough to baking pan | 2 |
Pour 2 tablespoons of olive oil into the center of a baking pan which measures approx 12 by 10 inches. Place the dough carefully into the center and fold it like an envelope from top to bottom and side to side to create a rectangular shape. | ||
6 | Leave to rise | 6h |
Turn the dough over so that the seam is face down. Brush the top of the focaccia dough with olive oil and leave to rise for another 4 to 6 hours until it doubles. | ||
7 | Heat oven | |
Preheat the oven to 425 °F. | ||
8 | Dimple dough | 1 |
Press into the dough with your fingers until the surface is dimpled. | ||
9 | Decorate | 5 |
Decorate the top of the dough with the halved garlic bulbs and any combination of herbs and vegetables to create a floral image on top of the loaf. Drizzle with some olive oil and sprinkle with sea salt. | ||
10 | Bake | 25 |
Bake in the preheated oven for about 25 minutes until golden on top and the bread makes a hollow sound when you knock on it. | ||
11 | Serve | |
Leave the cooked bread to cool in the pan for 30 minutes before slicing and serving. | ||
Recipe Reviews
My daughter and I had so much fun decorating this together, i used a bit of food coloring though so she could get the pretty pink flowers she wanted into the dough.
Ultra flavorful and unique looking.
Vegan and Italian are the two words I love to see in every recipe I cook.
Everything on top of my dough just tasted burnt and not good at all I don't understand what happened ?
Nicely done recipe I was always just tossing out whatever sourdough I had left not knowing what to do with it and this saved my butt because people will eat literally anything in my house if it looks good haha.
Thanks for sharing this with us! The focaccia is a hard recipe to find and usually doesn't taste good but you guys got creative which is why i love it.
Sooo yummy one of my all time favorite Italian dishes other than the stuffed peppers.
Cool recipe first time making it I hope it turns out well.
Pretty good, even made my own sourdough for this recipe.
Vegan and Italian are the two words I love to see in every recipe I cook.
Ultra flavorful and unique looking.
Everything on top of my dough just tasted burnt and not good at all I don't understand what happened ?
Loved the cute deisgning in the end it looks so freaking cool and delicious at the same time (which it was!!) I'll be keeping this noted in my favorite recipe list :)
Awesome recipe! Thanks for sharing!
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