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Focaccia with red grape, goat cheese, rosemary, and honey (customizable)

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Unbaked focaccia with red grapes, fig, goat cheese, rosemary and honey

The base recipe for this focaccia comes from Sarah Jampel at Bon Appetit. As her title states, it is both “shockingly easy” and “no-knead.” Knead I say more? hehe

This recipe is easy to follow, comes together quickly (not counting the rise times), and it has the most delicious flavor and texture. I don’t think I will ever attempt a different focaccia recipe.

The deflating method in-between the 1st and 2nd rise is particularly interesting. Bon Appetit cites Alexandra Stafford for this technique.

To deflate: take 2 forks and lift up the side of the dough furthest from you and fold it towards the center. Rotate the bowl 90 degrees and fold over again. Repeat this process two more times to go all the way around the bowl and form a ball.

The recipe calls for baking it in a 13×9″ pan. I saw Ashley from Local Haven make the full recipe but divide it into two cake pans. This worked perfectly for me, too! This is great if you can’t agree on which toppings to choose 🙂

Focaccia recipe from Bon Appetit
This is the original recipe from Bon Appetit. You can use 2, 8″ cake pans instead of 1 pan and mix up your flavors! (Picture and recipe credit: Bon Appetit)

I made one with red grape halves, goat cheese, rosemary, and honey. For the second one I did everything the same but used fig slices instead of red grapes.

Baked focaccia with red grapes, fig, goat cheese, rosemary and honey

There are endless flavor combinations you can put on top of focaccia- from the classic garlic to tomatoes, squash, potatoes, etc! What are your favorite toppings?

Baked focaccia with red grapes, fig, goat cheese, rosemary and honey

Red Grape, Rosemary, and Goat Cheese Focaccia (customizable)

Lindsay Forbes
A variation of the Bon Appetit recipe to include red grapes or figs.
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Prep Time 15 mins
Rising time 6 hrs
Course Appetizer
Cuisine Italian
Servings 2 8″ cake pans

Ingredients
  

  • 1 recipe focaccia (see notes for link)
  • handful red grapes, cut in half lenth-wise (or fresh figs, sliced horizontally)
  • goat cheese
  • rosemary, removed from stem and thinly sliced
  • honey, to serve

Instructions
 

  • Follow everything as written in the Bon Appetit recipe.
  • If you want to make 2 cake rounds instead of 1 large pan, follow everything through deflating the dough and forming a ball. Cut it in half and place each half in its own buttered and oiled pan to complete the second rise. Then proceed to follow the rest of the Bon Appetit steps.
  • After you dimple the foccacia, press in the grapes (or fig slices), sprinkle with rosemary and goat cheese. Bake for 20-30 minutes. (See notes.)
  • Drizzle with honey before serving. Enjoy!

Notes

  1. I followed this Bon Appetit recipe but did not include the garlic cloves. I did keep the sea salt and everything else the same. https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/easy-no-knead-focaccia 
  2. When I used 2 cake pans baked at the same time in the oven, it took about 22 minutes. Keep your eye on it. It is done when it is golden brown and slightly crispy on the edges. 
Keyword fig, focaccia, goat cheese, grape, honey, rosemary

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