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Focaccia with Golden Delicious apples from Val Venosta and onions
Gourmet pairings that conquer bite after bite
A focaccia with a unique flavor that combines the sweetness of Golden Delicious apples from Val Venosta with the strong taste of onions and the creaminess of Brie cheese. A simple and delicious preparation, perfect for surprising guests with an original aperitif or a versatile dish to serve at dinner. An idea that brings an explosion of flavors to the table – easy to prepare but of great effect.
45 min.
easy
Ingredients
for 1 baking tray
for the dough 365 g flour 0 100 g wholemeal flour 4 g beer yeast 1 tsp. sugar 425 g lukewarm water 10 g salt 3 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
for the topping 200 g Brie cheese 1 Golden Delicious apple from Val Venosta 1 garlic clove 1 red onion Thyme Salt Extra virgin olive oil 8 walnut kernels Rosemary
in addition Extra virgin olive oil to oil the baking tray Durum wheat semolina to sprinkle the baking tray
For the dough For the focaccia with Golden Delicious apples and onions put flour, wholemeal flour, beer yeast and sugar in a bowl and mix. Add lukewarm water and stir with a spoon or with your hands. Then add salt and extra virgin olive oil and mix with a spoon or your hands until you get a homogeneous, rather soft and sticky dough. Cover with cling film and let rest for one hour. After the first hour of rest, make a few folds in the dough using wet hands but don’t remove it from the bowl. Cover with cling film and let rest for another hour. Then fold the dough again with wet or oiled hands to avoid the dough sticking to your fingers. Cover with cling film and let rise for another hour.
After the third hour of rest, grease your baking tray with extra virgin olive oil and sprinkle it with semolina. Transfer the dough to the baking tray, drizzle with extra virgin olive oil, oil your hands and press with your fingertips from the center outwards to enlarge the dough until it covers the whole baking tray. Cover and let rise for another hour. Prepare the topping in the meantime.
For the topping Cut the brie into slices and set aside. Wash the Golden Delicious apple, cut it in half, remove the core, cut it into slices 3-4 mm thick and put in a bowl. Peel the garlic and onion, slice finely and add to the apple slices. Add thyme leaves, salt and extra virgin olive oil and mix everything.
Completion Preheat the oven to 230°C (static oven). Cover the dough with the brie slices and the apple and onion mix. Coarsely chop the walnut kernels and distribute them all over the focaccia. Drizzle with a bit of extra virgin olive oil and bake at 230°C for approx. 20 minutes. Remove your focaccia with apples and onions from the oven, garnish with a few sprigs of rosemary and serve hot or warm, cut into slices.
Recipe from Julia Morat
Passione Cooking
South Tyrolean DOC or Italian with German mother tongue – this is how Julia describes herself. She likes reinterpreting old family recipes from mom Reinhild and grandma Imma and enriching them with a few innovative and international elements. No matter how relaxed she is when cooking – there is one thing she can’t do well: cooking according to recipes. She likes being adventurous, experimenting and combining when cooking, but there is one ingredient that you can find in every single recipe: her smile.
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The apple history begins in the Garden of Eden. And since then it has not lost any of its appeal. Not only does it look good to bite and it really tastes great, but it also makes our body well, and our Val Venosta apple producers know it not only from the saying "an apple a day keeps the doctor away". That's why they do everything possible every day to get the best out of their apples.
