Time: 18 hours and 45 minutes        Servings: 9

 

Are you planning to have a warm comforting salty snack and you do not know what to make? Follow this recipe for more details on how to pamper yourself, your friends and your loved ones with a delicious and flavourful Jalapeno cheddar Focaccia.

 

This snack is perfect if you are having guests ad you want to watch something like a Football game or the Superbowl. You can also make it if you want to have a light dinner with your family. Just prepare the dough a day before, finish it up and cook it on the day of serving and voila! Do not get overwhelmed, it is very simple to prepare. You just combine the flour with salt, yeast and honey. You gather these ingredients with water and you leave it to rise overnight. The next day, you sautee the jalapenos, knead it in with the cheese and spread it on your skillet to bake in the oven. That’s all! In this recipe, we filled and garnished the focaccia with Jalapeno and cheddar; however, you are free to add whatever you think will go greatly with it.

 

Jalapeno cheddar Focaccia is light, soft, chewy and fluffy. It almost dissolves in your mouth. Due to the ingredients used, this focaccia is cheesy and spicy. If you do not like it spicy, you are free to remove the Jalapenos or substitute them with black olives if you like. This scrumptious focaccia is prepared in 10 minutes only. It needs 35 minutes to cook and 18 hours to rise. It requires a little bit of patience, but it is definitely worth the wait.

 

If you have any focaccia leftovers, pack them for lunch; either for you, or your loved ones the next day. I am sure they are going to appreciate how delicious this focaccia is and wouldn’t mind having it 2 days in a row.

 

For more details on how to serve and store this Focaccia, check the details below. You can also find nutrition details for each serving in the last section of our article.

 

How to serve?

Slice the Jalapeno Cheddar Focaccia into wedges and serve it while it is warm.

 

How to store?

• As we previously mentioned, the bread of focaccia is made one day ahead of time. So, you can make the dough a day before you feel like having focaccia. Then, you can garnish it as instructed above on the day of serving.
• You can store it in an airtight container in the fridge to be consumed as soon as possible. The sooner it is eaten, the better. If it is kept in the fridge, warm it in the microwave or in the oven and voila! Enjoy!

 

INGREDIENTS:

• 4 cups of bread flour
• 1 teaspoon of active dry yeast
• 2 and 1/2 teaspoons of salt
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 16 oz water (at room temperature)
• 3/4 cup cheddar cheese (cut into half-in cubes)
• 2 sauteed small jalapenos,
• 2 tablespoons olive oil, reserved

 

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Add flour, honey, salt and yeast in a large bowl. Combine well.
2. Pour water slowly while stirring the dough with a wooden spoon until it is a little bit sticky.
3. Cover the large dough ball with plastic wrap and allow it to sit overnight of for a minimum of 18 hours and maximum of 24 hours at room temperature.
4. When it finishes sitting, start by heating the oven at 425 degrees Fahrenheit.
5. Saute the jalapenos in 1 tbsp. of olive oil until they are a little bit soft.
6. Take your 9-inch cast iron skillet and grease it lightly with 1 tbsp. of olive oil.
7. Uncover the large bowl and punch the dough down.
8. Knead in the cheddar cubes and the sautéed jalapenos. (Keep some of these to garnish at the end.)
9. Pat the dough into the greased pan and cover it with plastic wrap. Allow it to rise for 30 minutes.
10. Brush 1 tbsp. of olive oil on top of the dough and make little indentations by pressing your fingers into the dough.
11. Sprinkle the reserved Jalapenos and cheddar cubes on top.
12. Place the pan in the oven to cook for 35 minutes maximum until the bread is golden brown.
13. Take out the focaccia from the oven and let it cool for 10 minutes.
14. Serve while it is still a bit warm. Enjoy!

 

Notes:

• While in the oven, if the bread is turning brown too fast, cover it lightly with foil.
• You can choose other things to garnish your focaccia with, but I believe that cheddar is important to keep. It is a must try

 

 

Nutrition value:

Serving: 1 slice of bread

Calories: 283kcal

Carbohydrates: 46.7g | Protein: 8.3g | Fat: 6.8g | Saturated Fat: 2.5g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 577mg | Potassium: 87mg | Fiber: 1.7g | Sugar: 4.2g | Calcium: 79mg | Iron: 3mg