First Foccacia!

I've always wanted to get better at baking bread, after being a bit disappointed with my first attempts.

So armed with a new electric mixer with a dough hook, Jamie's basic bread recipe and The Bourke St Bakery cook book - I was inspired. Very easy and hardly took any time at all...except you just have to be patient with the proving!

Started simple - a foccacia - as this required minimal proving etc...and the result was a crunchy flat loaf, soft and airy in the middle! Before chucking it in the oven, drizzled loads of olive oil, salt, pepper, dried chilli and oregano. Sampled it hot with some more olive oil and balsamic. Amazing!

Brilliant! can't wait to try some more!