Colorful and delicious!
*Cherry Tomato Foccacia*
1 recipe of your favorite pizza or foccacia dough
good quality olive oil
1/4 cup sliced garlic
1 pint assorted colored cherry tomatoes (red, yellow, purple etc.
different varities of cherry tomatoes)
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
3 Tbs fresh basil leaves
1 tsp coarse salt
Make your dough, using your favorite recipe
While dough is rising, heat 1/4 cup olive oil in skillet and cook
garlic only till softened being careful not to let it burn
Reserve oil and garlic.
Preheat oven to 350F
Brush a sheet pan with some plain olive oil
Spread dough on pan to an 8 x 12 rectangle.
Spread on the reserved garlic olive oil over top of dough
Let dough start to rise in a warm place and when dough has just begun
to rise, place whole tomatoes on surface of dough, pushing lightly to
fix them in place.
Then allow dough to dough rise double,surrounding the tomatoes.
When dough as risen double, bake until browned or about 25- 30+ minutes.
Sprinkle foccacia with the grated cheese and bake another 10 minutes
or till cheese melts
Remove foccacia from oven and sprinkle with the fresh snipped basil
and coarse salt.