Fern with our "Fougasse".
La Fougasse
A herring skiff on the Gorge
Fougasse
1 tsp sugar
10 oz lukewarm water
1 tbsp dry yeast
1/2 cup hard wheat flour
1 1/2 cups hard white flour ( I didn't have these so used all purpose)
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/3 c. olive oil
2 strips rosemary stems removed
1 tbsp olive oil
freshly cracked black pepper
1 tsp rock salt
Mix first 3 ingred. Let stand about 5 min.
Combine all flours and salt
Add yeast mixture and combine
Add olive oil and begin to work dough
Knead until smooth and not sticky. I added about anothe cup flour as it was
too wet.
Place in oiled bowl, cover and let rise to double. (1 1/2 hrs)
Oil baking pan
Stretch dough to leaf shape
Create vein pattern with sharp knife.
Brush bread with olive oil and sprinkle with rosemary, pepper and salt. (we
used pesto, garlic and oil) pushing it into the veins)
Let rest 1/2 hr. bake 25 - 30 min.
