2-Ingredient Dough Focaccia Garden

Did you know that you can make focaccia using 2-ingredient dough?!

Serves 6

INGREDIENTS
For the focaccia:
cup olive oil
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 tbsp dried Italian herbs
4 cups self-raising flour
3 cups double cream plain yogurt

Toppings:
6 stems flat-leaf parsley
cup baby tomatoes
yellow pepper, sliced
pack (125g) bacon strips
1 green-skinned avocado
1 Hass avocado
Salt and pepper, to season


METHOD

For the focaccia:
1. 1. Preheat the oven to 180C and line a large baking tray with baking paper (40x30cm).
2. In a small bowl, combine the olive oil, crushed garlic and dried Italian herbs.
3. In a large mixing bowl, combine the self-raising flour and yoghurt together and mix with a spoon until well combined.
4. Lightly flour the counter and turn the dough over onto the counter, kneading the dough for about 8 minutes, until smooth.
5. Once a smooth ball is formed, roll the dough out into a large rectangle and transfer to the lined baking tray.
6. Use your fingers to press indentations into the dough, being careful not to puncture the dough all the way through.
7. Pour over your garlic-infused oil and spread it out on the dough.

For the toppings:
1. Arrange the flat leaf parsley on the focaccia to make stems.
2. Cut half of the baby tomatoes in half lengthwise. Cut the other half of the baby tomatoes into thin rounds.
3. Pack the rounds of tomatoes around the tops of the parsley stems to make a flower shape. Line the strips of yellow pepper around the tops of the parsley stems to make more flowers.
4. Roll each bacon strip up into bacon roses and arrange at the end of the parsley stems.
5. Continue decorating the focaccia with the rest of the bacon, tomatoes and peppers to make it look like a garden. Leave 2 of the parsley stems free of a flower.
6. Bake the focaccia in the oven for 25-30 minutes, or until golden and cooked through.
7. Remove the focaccia from the oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes.
8. Slice the green-skinned avocado to make 2 avocado roses. Add the roses to the baked focaccia at the end of the 2 empty parsley stems.
9. Peel and mash up the Hass avocados until creamy and smooth. Spread a generous amount to the bottom of the focaccia to make grass.
10. Sprinkle some sea salt flakes on top of the focaccia.
11. Place the focaccia on a bread board and cut into generous rectangles. Serve and ENJOY!

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