Focaccia al Formaggio

This delicious Italian snack is gooey cheese tucked between paper-thin layers of flatbread and it’s irresistible.

Ingredients

• 4⅕ cups (500 g) durum wheat flour

• 1 pound (450 g) stracchino

• 5 tablespoons extravirgin olive oil

• Salt

Directions

1. Make a mound of the flour on your work surface, scoop a well in it, and pour 4 tablespoons of oil, a small ladle’s worth of warm water, and 2 healthy pinches of salt into the well.

2. Work the mixture into a dough and knead it until it is soft, smooth, and elastic, then cover it for an hour.

3. Preheat your oven to 360 F (180 C).

4. Divide it into two pieces and roll them out into very thin disks the size of your baking sheet (if you have a 12-14-inch diameter metal pizza pan, it would be about right).

5. Lightly oil the pan and lay the first sheet of dough over it. Shred the cheese and dot the dough with it.

6. Lay the second layer over the first, roll the edges up and around to form a rim that seals, and give it a decorative pattern by pressing down on it with the tines of a fork.

7. Puncture the top here and there the moisture can escape as the focaccia cooks, and bake it for about 15 minutes, or until it’s golden brown.