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Sundried tomato Focaccia with Sauteed Summer Veggies & Garden Salad for #BreadBakers

We are in love with Focaccia. After this Onion and Tomato version,  I keep getting requests for this bread again and again from the family . 

It goes pretty much as a snack, with a warm bowl of soup and even keeps well for 3-4 days when you can eat it with a bowl of salad for lunch. And that’s exactly what I did : made a sunday brunch along with Apple-Broccoli Garden Salad and Sauteed Summer veggies like Zucchini, Squash and Bell peppers.

And then I got this lovely produce from my small green patch on the balcony. Surprisingly, the tomato plant had been there since 5-6 months without a lot of flowers / veggies. 

But come summer I had this wonderful basket of tomatoes that ripened. I used some of them as is and dried some of them to make this wonderful bread. 

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Summer crop from my garden – I was very pleased :)))

And this makes its way to #BreadBakers – a group of bakers I have recently joined. This Month’s theme is breads with summer produce – hosted by Pavani. And what better way to use the sun dried tomatoes – just a handful of that, and the rustic bread never looked better. Thank you, Stacy for this group. It sure is fun to join you all :-))

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So, lets get to the recipe:

Prep time : 30 mins , standing + baking time : 2 hrs + 30 mins. Serves : 4

(A) Focaccia:

  • Stoneground Wholewheat Bread flour – 2 cups
  • Instant yeast – 1 TBSP
  • Salt – 1/2 tsp
  • Sugar – 1 TBSP
  • Olive Oil – 6 TBSP (divided use)
  • Warm water – 2/3 cup
  • Sun dried tomato – a big handful

(B) Sauteed Veggies:

  • Sliced veggies – Zucchini, Bell peppers, Onions – 1 cup
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • Oil – 1 tsp

(C) Garden Salad with Brocolli ,Apple and Cabbage – recipe here.

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Method:

(A) Focaccia :

  1. Proof yeast with warm water and sugar. Once done, add half the oil and salt and whisk well, now add flour in batches. Mix and knead till you get a smooth and elastic dough – about 12-15 mins.
  2. Place covered in a greased bowl till it doubles. Once it doubles, punch it down gently. Knead for few mins, and pinch out a sizeable portion of the dough (or the whole dough if you want a bigger bread) and roll into a rectangle or a square (I used my silpat baking mat so rolled it like a rectangle).
  3. Cover and let it rise.
  4. Towards the end of the second rise, soak the sundried tomatoes in hot water and squeeze them, Chop them if you like, but I used them whole.
  5. Make small dimples  on the rolled out bread, add few drops of olive oil into each dimple and place these sun dried tomatoes all over and press them gently into
  6. Bake in a preheated oven for 25-30 mins till golden brown and slightly crispy.

(B) While the bread is baked, saute the sliced veggies in a dash of warm oil over a medium grill (or pan). Season with salt and pepper and keep aside.  Similarly prep the salad too.

Serve hot with bread on the side. Any leftover focaccia can be warmed up next day and served with soup or served as a snack

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#BreadBakers is a group of bread loving bakers who get together once a month to bake bread with a common ingredient or theme. Follow our Pinterest board right here. Links are also updated each month on this home page.

We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient.

If you are a food blogger and would like to join us, just send Stacy an email with your blog URL to [email protected].

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19 Comments

  1. I very much admire your gumption to dry your own tomatoes! Your meatless summertime meal looks fab – wish it would magically land on my table tonight at 6:30!

  2. Mayuri Patel

    This is the first time I have come across a focaccia made from wheat flour. Wonderful recipe.

  3. I just love focaccia, and I haven't made one with wheat flour either! I am sure it was amazing with the sundried tomatoes!

  4. Wow that looks fantastic, and so do the tomatoes! I've never actually seen someone dry their own tomatoes but it seems logical when you have such a bounty of them.

  5. I love sundried tomatoes, they have a whole new earthy flavor, this looks so good!!

  6. Sun dried tomatos are delicious, and this focaccia looks really good.

  7. I can TASTE this now!

  8. A Day in the Life on the Farm

    That focaccia looks lovely with all those chunks of dried tomatoes…YUM

  9. Where are all of the bread baker links? I can't find them on your post.

  10. Holly @ abakershouse.com

    Aren't vegetables grown in your garden a special treat? Gorgeous tomatoes!

  11. What a yummy way to use up garden fresh tomatoes. BTW your tomatoes look lovely and the focaccia with sundried tomatoes looks absolutely amazing.

  12. Chef Mireille

    wow I am just floored at your own home made sun dried tomatoes – with your own tomatoes, must have been so sweet and flavorful- way better than store bought!

  13. This bread would go so good with a bowl of tomato soup!

  14. Stacy Rushton

    What a great bread with your own sun-dried tomatoes! They really are better than store bought, aren't they?

  15. Looks like a lovely bread and meal you had with it too. Laura@ Baking in Pyjamas

  16. That right there is a perfect meal.

  17. The focaccia looks lovely with sun dried tomatoes..

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