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Florentine Sweet Grape Focaccia (Schiacciata all’Uva)

Harvest-season dessert bread with seedless grapes, olive oil & anisette.

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Tuscan grape schiacciata in sheet pan

Ingredients

Base 1× = one full sheet pan.
  • Flour: (≈ cups)
  • Water: (≈ cup)
  • Yeast: fresh yeast (ADY ≈ , optional)
  • Olive oil: (≈ )
  • Grapes (seedless red): (≈ )
  • Sugar: (≈ )
  • whole eggs
  • Sea salt (dough ~ , plus more for finishing)
  • Anisette seeds

Preparation Method

  1. Mix 400 g flour with yeast (dissolved in water) and olive oil. Add about 6 g sea salt; mix to form dough.
  2. Cover and rise ~1 hour at ~80°F.
  3. Return to mixer; add sugar, eggs, and remaining 300 g flour. Mix until gluten develops again.
  4. Rise another 1 hour. Divide in half. Roll one piece into an oiled sheet pan; top with halved grapes and sugar.
  5. Roll second piece on top; seal edges. Oil the surface and add more grapes and anisette seeds.
  6. Proof ~1 hour. Dock with a fork, dust with sugar, and bake at 300°F for ~24 minutes (low fan if convection).