Mitey Mate Cheesy Focaccia

Serves 2 focaccias person

12-15 min cook

Loaded with melted cheese and the rich, savoury flavour of Barker's Professional Mitey Mate Savoury Filling, this Mitey Mate Cheesy Focaccia is a crowd-pleasing bakery favourite. Featuring a soft, airy crumb and distinctive umami taste, it's perfect for café cabinets, lunch menus, shared platters, or grab-and-go offerings.

By Barker's

Cabinet Food,

Savoury Fillings

Ingredients

Dough

500 g Bread flour
20 g Olive oil
12 g Salt
8 g Dried yeast
142 g Biga
280 g Water

Filling

120 g Grated cheese
135 g Barker's Professional Mitey Mate Savoury Filling

Topping

180 g Grated cheese
extra Barker's Professional Mitey Mate Savoury Filling

Method

Mix the dough ingredients (including the Biga) to develop the dough. Once the dough has been developed, place into a lightly oiled container with a lid.
Pipe the Barker’s Professional Mitey Mate Savoury Filling on top of the dough and complete two book folds. Allow the dough to ferment for 1 hour.
After an hour, knock the dough back and allow the dough to ferment/rest for another 30 minutes.
Turn the dough out and divide into 550 gram pieces. Round up and allow the dough to recover for 15 minutes. Push the dough into the prepared baking tins and dimple the surface of the dough with your fingers. Brush liberally with olive oil, press down again to stud additional savoury filling into the dough. Top each loaf with 90 grams of cheese. Allow the dough to prove until doubled in size.
Bake at 210°C for approximately 12 to 15 minutes. Brush with olive oil immediately after removing from the oven. Remove from the baking tins and place onto a cooling rack.