Topping recipe

Za'atar & Feta Focaccia

Name: Za'atar & Feta Focaccia (topping recipe)
Yield: 1 pan
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 90g Extra-virgin olive oil; 55g Warm water; 5g Fine sea salt; 120g Feta (about 4 oz, crumbled (1 cup)); 15g Za'atar, mixed into 2 Tbsp olive oil (2 Tbsp); 40g Kalamata olives, pitted and halved (12–15 olives); 1g Aleppo pepper or red pepper flakes (½ tsp); 15g Extra-virgin olive oil (finishing drizzle) (1 Tbsp)

Salamoia, Feta, Za'atar, mixed into 2 Tbsp olive oil, Extra-virgin olive oil. Scaled for 1 pan.

1 panFocaccia18×13"Salamoia

Build each pan

After the dough is shaped

1pan

Pan size

base

Salamoia

⅓ cup70 g

Cheese

Feta

about 4 oz, crumbled (1 cup)120 g

Toppings

Za'atar, mixed into 2 Tbsp olive oil

2 Tbsp15 g

Kalamata olives, pitted and halved

12–15 olives40 g

Aleppo pepper or red pepper flakes

½ tsp1 g

Finishing

Extra-virgin olive oil (finishing drizzle)

1 Tbsp15 g

Make the base

Scaled for 1 pan · 1 batch · Base recipe →

Whisk the warm water and salt together until no grains remain, then whisk in the olive oil until the mixture turns cloudy. It will separate within a minute — whisk it again right before you use it. Pour it over the dough immediately after dimpling so it pools in the wells; do not let it sit on the dough for more than 10 min before baking. Never cook this.

Extra-virgin olive oil

90 g

Warm waterBody temperature — helps the salt dissolve

55 g

Fine sea salt

5 g

Put it together

Once the sauce is made, for each pan

BeforeDimple the dough and pour the salamoia over, then spoon the za'atar oil across the top.
BeforePress the feta and olives into the dimples and scatter the pepper.
AfterDrizzle the finishing oil over the hot focaccia.

Shopping list

For 1 pan

Extra-virgin olive oil90 g

Warm water55 g

Fine sea salt5 g

Feta120 g

Za'atar, mixed into 2 Tbsp olive oil15 g

Kalamata olives, pitted and halved40 g

Aleppo pepper or red pepper flakes1 g

Extra-virgin olive oil15 g

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