A recipe to slow down. Be present, and just... breath
In the hustle of daily life, we often overlook the small details. Like the way sunlight filters through the window or the sound of laughter in the kitchen.
Life isn’t about rushing through the day. It’s about feeling it. Find joy in the little things and discover that life is richer when you take the time to truly see it.
So need a moment to slow down? Grab some flour and start making Focaccia!
What I Used
Just the dough. For the topping, everything goes!
✦ 700 gr flour
✦ 500 gr hand warm water
✦ 20 gr sea salt
✦ 7 gr dry yeast
✦ 25 - 30 gr caster sugar
✦ Lots of olive oil
How I made it (but feel free to do it your way; trust your taste)
✦ Mix the dry ingredients, add water slowly until you get a sticky dough
✦ Mix 10 minutes and knead 5 minutes by hand
✦ Cover with a towel (dry), let it rise until doubled.
✦ Pour olive oil into a baking dish. Don't drown it, but don't be shy either.
✦ Spread the dough and let it rest for a couple of minutes
✦ Add your topping. As I said, everything goes so go on, enjoy it. Make the bread you're craving for.
✦ Bake the focaccia for 30 to 40 minutes at around 180 °C, but every oven is different. Trust your eyes, your smell, your intuition and... your bread. Always trust the bread.
Tutto qui!
Why focaccia deserves a spot in your kitchen
Making focaccia means bringing bread (back) into your life. Somewhere along the way, bread lost a bit of its glory. Pushed aside, judged, misunderstood. But bread has always been more than a carb.
Health-wise: bread is your body’s fuel. It gives you energy when you need it most and, when made from whole grains, bread brings fiber that keeps your digestion happy. Inside every slice live quit a lot of vitamins and minerals that help your skin, eyes, and nails stay healthy. And for new life growing inside you, bread offers folate, a small but powerful gift for pregnancy.
Taste-wise: bread is air turned into comfort. That first bite: light, soft, a whisper of salt, a trace of earth from the grain. It’s a flavor that connects us to the fields and the farmers, to mornings in the countryside, to stories baked and shared for generations.
Life-wise: nothing compares to the smell of freshly baked bread. Whether it’s in your kitchen or drifting from the bakery down the street, that scent slows time. It makes the world feel softer, kinder, easier to bear. So breathe it in. Let it remind you that some things are worth slowing down for.
Your turn
We all learn cooking in our own way. From our mothers, our grandfathers, a holiday abroad or a happy accident at home. These moments shape your taste, the ingredients shape your style. But taste and style are not fixed; they move along with the rhythm of your life.
Don’t think of recipes as strict rules. Think of them as gentle directions, little suggestions along the way. A here-and-now moment. And it's entirely yours. Because nobody tastes what you taste. So play with it, dance in your kitchen and find your own rhythm.
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