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Recipes - June 2009

Focaccia di Recco
Maria Paola Aontonietti in Italy
Ingredients:

300g durum wheat flour

3 spoons of olive oil

300g soft cheese

water (as much as you need)

salt

Instructions:

1. Put the flour in to a bowl and add the water a bit at a time to make a dough
2. Knead for 10 minutes until the consistency is a bit like an earlobe!
3. Let the dough to "rest" for 1 hour in a bowl covered by a damp towel
4. Divide the dough in two parts, one bigger than the second one
5. Roll out the bigger one and put it in an oiled baking pan (30 cm diameter)
6. Dice the cheese and spread the little pieces on the rolled out dough
7. Roll out the second piece of dough and put it over the diced cheese
8. Put some oil and salt over the top and pinch the dough to make some holes
9. Put the dish into the oven for 10 minutes at 250C

See what the finished dish looks like by clicking online:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/specials/2009/06/090625_recipes_jun2.shtml

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