Crumb Notes
2026-08-02 · Recipe

A weekday focaccia that needs almost no attention

If you only bake one bread, make it this one. It is hard to get wrong and everyone loves it.

The method

500 g flour, 400 g water, 10 g salt, 3 g instant yeast. Stir until no dry flour remains, cover, and leave in the fridge overnight.

Baking

Tip into an oiled tin, let it relax for two hours, dimple with oily fingers, add salt and rosemary, and bake hot until deep golden.

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