Quick Sourdough Foccacia with Candied Bacon&Apple

Ingredients

For the Dough:

150gr (½ cup + 1 tbsp) sourdough starter (doesn't have to be fully active)

300gr (1 ¼ cups) water

500-520gr (4 + 1/3 cups) white bread flour

2tsp instant yeast

12gr salt

12gr sugar

For the toppings:

4 thick bacon thinly sliced (I used the handmade @GreekButcher bacon )

1 apple 

15ml honey (1 TBS)

Pinch of Salt

Method:

For the Dough:

In the bowl of your stand mixer mix the sourdough starter and water

Add in the rest of the dough ingredients ans knead for 10mins

Transfer to an oiled bowl, cover and let proof for 1-2h (until double in size)

Prepare a 30cm cast-iron pan with an oiled parchment paper

When the dough has proofed, punch it down and shape into a ball

Press the ball to flatten as much as possible and start stretching it by pressing your fingers in the dough and pulling it outwards to create a circle, until it is almost the size of your cast-iron pan

Transfer to your pan and stretch with your fingers to cover the pan

Cover and let proof for 1-2h

Preheat your oven at 200C

When the dough is proofed, prepare the toppings

Add butter to a skillet and heat

Add the bacon and apple and cook for a minute in the hot pan

Add the honey and cook for 1-2 more minutes

Remove the toppings from heat and spread on top of the focaccia

Sprinkle EVOO on your focaccia

Dip your fingers in the focaccia, pushing the toppings inside too

Bake at 200C for 30-40mins

Remove from the oven and let cool

If you eat the focaccia the same day, you can brush its top with water-diluted honey

(The top might become soggy if you brush and don't eat the same day)

Enjoy!

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