Sourdough Whole Wheat Focaccia Recipe

📝 Ingredients

• Firm Starter:
• Sourdough Starter - 1/3 cup
• Whole Wheat Flour - 1/2 cup
• Water - 3-4 tbs
• Dough:
• Whole Wheat Flour / Atta - 1 cup
• Salt - 1 tsp
• Olive Oil-2 tbs
• Water - 1/2 cup
• Topping:
• Garlic - 2 pods (grated)
• Onion - 2-3 tbs (finely chopped)
• Olive Oil / Melted Butter - 2 tbs
• Dried Basil - 2 tbs

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Mix together bubbly sourdough starter along with water and whole wheat flour to make a sticky dough.
2. 2Cover and set aside for two hours.
3. 3Refrigerate overnight.
4. 4Remove it from fridge and set it on counter for four hours.
5. 5To the same bowl, add in oil, salt, water and flour.
6. 6Mix to form a sticky dough.
7. 7Cover and set aside for 30 minutes.
8. 8Now take it to counter and using a dough scraper, lift it, slap it and fold it. Keep on repeating this for 20 times or until you feel the dough is smooth.
9. 9Oil a 7" square tin and place the dough in it. Add more oil on top and press the dough to fill the base of the tin.
10. 10Cover with cling film and set aside until double in volume. It may take two hours to four hours depending upon the temperature of your room.
11. 11Preheat oven to 250°C.
12. 12Use your fingertips to make indentations on top of the dough.
13. 13Add generous olive oil or melted butter in the indentations and sprinkle grated garlic, finely chopped onion and dried basil.
14. 14Apply milk wash on top of the bread and bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes.
15. 15Once the bread is warm enough, slice it up into squares and serve.