Three Cheese Focaccia

Recipe Ingredients

1		Active dry yeast - (1/4 oz)
1 tablespoon	15ml	Sugar
1 cup	237ml	Warm water - (about 110 degrees)
1 teaspoon	5ml	Salt
3 1/2 cups	218g / 7.7oz	All-purpose flour
2 teaspoons	10ml	Olive oil
3 tablespoons	45ml	Kosher salt
2 tablespoons	30ml	Coarsely-ground black pepper
11 oz	312g	Fresh ricotta cheese - room temperature
2 oz	56g	Eggs (large)
4 oz	113g	Salami - julienned
6 oz	170g	Mozzarella cheese - grated, and
		At room temperature
1/3 cup	48g / 1.7oz	Grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
1 tablespoon	15ml	Minced garlic
1 tablespoon	15ml	Finely-chopped parsley
		Salt - to taste
		Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste

Recipe Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Using an electric mixer with a dough hook, whisk the yeast, sugar, and warm water together, for 2 minutes to dissolve the yeast. Add the flour and salt. With the mixer on low, mix until the dough starts to come together. Increase the speed to medium-high and mix until the dough comes away from the sides of the bowl and crawls up the dough hook. Grease a mixing bowl with the vegetable oil. Place the dough in the greased bowl and turn once. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and place in a warm, draft free place until the dough doubles in size about 1 1/2 hours. Turn the dough out onto a baking sheet. Punch the dough down and press the dough out to form the pan. Sprinkle the dough with kosher salt and coarse black pepper. Cover the dough and allow to double in size, about 45 minutes.

In a mixing bowl, combine the ricotta, eggs, salami, Mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese, garlic and parsley. Mix well and season with salt and pepper. Using your fingers make small dimples over the entire dough. Brush the dough with olive oil. Smear the filling evenly over the dough. The filling must be at room temperature to smear evenly. Bake the dough for 30 to 35 minutes or until the dough is golden-brown. Slice the bread into 8 to 12 pieces.

This recipe yields 8 to 10 servings.

Source:
EMERIL LIVE with Emeril Lagasse - From the TV FOOD NETWORK - (Show # EM-1A40 broadcast 04-18-1997) - Downloaded from their Web-Site - http://www.foodtv.com

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