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Beer Potato Focaccine

17/11/2023

I can provide you with a recipe to prepare delicious beer potato focaccine. It is a dish that combines the softness of potatoes with the light effervescence of beer, creating a soft and tasty bread. Here is the recipe:

Ingredients

  • 250 g di patate
  • 500 g di farina di grano tenero tipo 0
  • 25 g di lievito di birra fresco
  • 200 ml di birra chiara
  • 1 cucchiaio di zucchero
  • 1 cucchiaino di sale
  • 50 ml di olio extravergine d’oliva
  • Un pizzico di rosmarino tritato (opzionale)

Preparation

  1. Start by boiling the potatoes in boiling water until they are tender. When ready, drain them, peel them and mash them with a potato masher until you obtain a puree.
  2. Dissolve the brewer’s yeast in a little warm beer with the sugar to activate it.
  3. In a large bowl mix the flour with the potato puree, add the dissolved yeast, the remaining beer, the oil, the salt and the chopped rosemary if desired.
  4. Knead everything until you obtain a smooth and homogeneous mixture. The beer will give the dough a certain lightness and a particular aroma.
  5. Let the dough rise in a warm place covered with a damp cloth until it doubles in volume; this may take about 1-2 hours depending on the ambient temperature.
  6. Once risen, divide the dough into balls of about 80 grams each.
  7. Arrange the balls on a baking tray lined with parchment paper, flattening them slightly to give them the shape of focaccine.
  8. Let them rest for another 30 minutes, then bake in a preheated oven at 200 °C for about 20 minutes or until golden.

**### Trivia ** The beer potato focaccine are a delicious variant of potato-based bread. The addition of beer to the dough not only enriches the flavor but also helps make them light and porous. They are an excellent accompaniment to cheeses and cured meats, but also as a base for gourmet mini sandwiches. Additionally, you could try varying by adding aromatic herbs or seeds like sesame or poppy to obtain always new flavors.

Once your focaccine are ready, you can enjoy their unmistakable aroma and taste, which will be even more rewarding knowing that you prepared them yourself!