Fougasse

Its week 6 of Great British Bake Off  and the theme was Botanical week, contestants were asked to create a signature dish which was a citrus meringue pie, followed by a technical challenge of a French herby bread called Fougasse and finally a three tiered showstopper cake with flowers.

This week I have chosen to recreate the Fougasse, the recipe I used was one of Paul's original Fougasse recipe.

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Fougasse

by Nayna Kanabar October-2-2016

Beautifully flavoured with herbs and sea salt this Fougasse bread is perfect for serving with Soup.

Ingredients:

• 560g Bread flour plus extra for dusting
• 1 tablespoon fine semolina for dusting
• 10g Salt
• 7g Instant Yeast
• 350 ml luke warm water
• 2 Tablespoons Olive oil plus extra for greasing and drizzling
• 2 Teaspoons fresh rosemary finely chopped
• 2 Teaspoons fresh sage finely chopped
• 2 Teaspoons fresh thyme finely chopped
• 1/2 Teaspoon dried Oregano
• 1/2 Teaspoon Sea salt flakes for sprinkling

Method:

1. Add the flour, salt and olive oil and 3/4 water to a bowl of an electric mixer. Mix the flour until it comes together,it will be wet.2. Gradually add the remaining water a little at a time to make a soft dough, Add  the herbs and keep mixing the dough until it becomes elastic and comes together.3. Oil a big plastic container and transfer dough to it, cover and leave to prove for 1 hour until it doubles in size.4. Mix the dusting flour with semolina on a work surface and transfer the dough from plastic container to work surface.Knead the dough and divide it into two.5.Oil two baking trays and line with silicon paper .6. Shape each dough into a leaf shape and transfer it to the baking sheets. Cut two lines in the middle of the leaf shape and 3 diagonal lines on either side to make veins.

7. Cover the trays and leave to prove them for the second time for about 30 mins .Preheat the oven to 220 degrees C / 45O degrees F. 8.Brush the Fougasse with a little olive oil and sprinkle with sea salt and oregano, bake the Fougasse in the oven until golden brown (approx 20 minutes) Remove from the oven and enjoy warm dipped in olive oil. 

Details

Prep time: 30 mins plus  (proving time for bread 1.30 mins) Cook time: 20 mins Total time: 55 mins Yield: 2 Loves

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