Sweet Blueberry Foccacia - With photo

[JulieO]

SWEET BLUEBERRY FOCCACIA
140g warm water
2 tsp dried yeast
¼  cup white sugar
280g bread flour
25g olive oil
Pinch of salt
1 tsp ground cinnamon
2 tblsp raw sugar
150g blueberries or combo with raspberries

Measure out the ¼ cup sugar and put into a small bowl. Put to one side.

Combine warm water, yeast, salt, and 1 tsp of the set aside sugar in TM bowl. Mix 5 secs/speed 6.

Add flour, oil and 2 tblsp of the set aside sugar.  Mix 20 secs/speed 6.

Set to closed lid, and knead for 2 mins on interval speed.

Place into a lightly greased bowl, cover with plastic wrap and leave in a warm place for 1 hour or until doubled in size.

Preheat oven to 220°C. Add the cinnamon to the remaining set aside sugar.

Punch dough down. You shouldn’t need to knead, just press into a greased 30cm x 20cm baking tin.  Cover with plastic wrap and leave in a warm place for 30 minutes.

Dimple surface, then add blueberries evenly over the surface. Sprinkle the raw sugar evenly over the top.  Bake 15 - 20 minutes.

When you remove from the oven, spray with a little light olive oil and sprinkle with the cinnamon sugar.  Cut into squares and serve with custard, but is nice just on it’s own.

[Katya]

Looks yummy - thanks for posting 

[Sim]

This looks delicious! There are so many varieties you could make...
Almonds and apricot?
Pistachio and orange zest?
Macadamia and lemon zest?
Cinnamon and mixed dried fruit?

I think I might give it go, thanks! 

[JulieO]

Sim, yes there are countless combos you could use.    The tart of the blueberries and the crunch of the sugar worked really well together, I had to keep going back to cut a small piece off.       

It's unusual as it's a dry base compared to what you would normally have (as in cake like), but we really liked it and the TM makes it so quick and easy to prepare.  You won't use up all the sugar/cinnamon mix at the end (well I didn't anyway) and I reduced the raw sugar to the 2 tblsp too, but I think the recipe converted very well.  I hope you enjoy.   

[quirkycooking]

That looks great, JulieO!  I'm definately going to try this one today! 

[Chelsea (Thermie Groupie)]

Thank you so much for posting this Julie.  Now if I can get my boys into bed early tonight . . . . . 

[whisks]

oooh....how did i miss this? looks delicious, especially the crunchy sugar crystals on the foccacia. thanks for posting julie.
and sim, i think you have the right idea with all the variations - no excuses not to make this if you're out of berries!

[Thermomixer]

Good work JulieO - fresh grapes are traditional for a similar type of sweet foccacia. Thanks

[cecilia]

Dear JulieO,  I was looking for your Blueberry and Pear Cake recipe, but found this and THIS is what I'll make for today.  THANK YOU.

[obbie]

looks great

[Wonder]

Looks great Cecilia, and it's good seeing one of Julie's photos it's been such a long time since she has posted.