Focaccia with Grapes (Schiacciata con L'uva)

Name: Focaccia with Grapes (Schiacciata con L'uva)
Prep time: 4 h
Cook time: 4 h
Total time: 4 h
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 3 teaspoons package active dry yeast; 591 milliliters Italian 00 flour or half all-purpose flour and half cake flour (not self-rising); 3 Tbsps Chianti or other dry red wine; 1 Tbsp honey; 59 milliliters fine-quality extra-virgin olive oil (preferably Tuscan); 1 teaspoons fine sea salt; 118 milliliters sugar; 177 milliliters warm water (110–115°F); 680 grams 1/2 cups Concord or wine grapes

Focaccia with Grapes (Schiacciata con L'uva) might be just the Mediterranean recipe you are searching for. This recipe makes 12 servings with 230 calories, 4g of protein, and 5g of fat each. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is a good option if you're following a dairy free diet. Head to the store and pick up fine-quality olive oil, half flour and half cake flour, sea salt, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 4 hours.

Instructions

Stir together yeast, wine, honey, and warm water in a large bowl until yeast is dissolved.

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Water

Yeast

Wine

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Bowl

Let stand until bubbly, about 10 minutes.

Stir in 1 cup flour (mixture will be lumpy). Cover bowl with plastic wrap and a kitchen towel and let rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk, 40 to 50 minutes.

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All Purpose Flour

Wrap

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Kitchen Towels

Plastic Wrap

Bowl

Add oil, 1 1/2 cups flour, and sea salt and stir until a sticky dough forms.

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Sea Salt

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Cooking Oil

Knead dough on a floured work surface, gradually adding up to 1/2 cup more flour if necessary to keep dough from sticking, until dough is smooth and elastic but still soft, 8 to 10 minutes.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Transfer dough to an oiled large bowl and turn to coat. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and a kitchen towel and let rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.

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Dough

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Bowl

Turn out dough onto work surface and knead several times to release air.

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Dough

Cut dough in half.

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Dough

Roll out 1 piece of dough, keeping remaining piece covered, with a lightly floured rolling pin into a rough 12- by 10-inch rectangle.

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Dough

Roll

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Transfer dough to a lightly oiled 15- by 10- by 1-inch baking pan and gently stretch to cover as much as possible of bottom (dough may not fit exactly).

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Dough

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Scatter half of grapes over dough, then sprinkle grapes with 1/4 cup sugar.

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Grapes

Dough

Sugar

Roll out remaining piece of dough in same manner and put on top of grapes, gently stretching dough to cover grapes. Scatter remaining grapes and 1/4 cup sugar on top and gently press into dough. Cover pan with plastic wrap and a kitchen towel and let rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.

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Grapes

Dough

Sugar

Roll

Wrap

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Kitchen Towels

Plastic Wrap

Frying Pan

Preheat oven to 400°F.

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Oven

Bake schiacciata in middle of oven until well browned and firm in middle, 40 to 45 minutes. Loosen sides and bottom of schiacciata with a spatula and slide onto a rack to cool.

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Serve at room temperature.

• Wine and Concord grapes are delicious, but they do have large pits compared to other grape varieties. Resist the temptation to pit them—it's difficult to do and too much liquid will exude from them into the dough.

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Grapes

Dough

Wine