Focaccia Bread Decorated With Vegetables

Drizzle with more olive oil and sprinkle with salt then let rest for 10 minutes more.

Focaccia bread decorated with vegetables. Bake until golden brown on top 15 to 20 minutes. Cover with the towel again and let the dough rise for another 20 minutes. Teri culletto aka the vineyard baker creates art with focaccia bread as her canvas using fresh herbs and vegetables she has crafted a series of vincent van gogh inspired loaves she calls van dough that features floral imagery as both a way to add surface decoration and flavors to her baking.

Nuts pepitas or pine nuts for petals or flower centers. Making focaccia bread art is not only fun but delicious. Herbs to look like leaves or stems rosemary cilantro parsley dill sage chives.

Choose leafy herbs where you can use the leaves and stems to create flower stems leaves or grass. Arrange cut vegetables and herbs on top of dough. Make your focaccia bread.

Using your fingers press into the top of the dough all over with the tips of your fingers to dimple the dough. Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Brush a thin layer of olive oil over the top and sprinkle with salt.

For others there are these beautifully decorated focaccia dotted with vegetables. These edible works of art inspired by the creations of vineyard baker on instagram are fun for the whole family to make. If you re interested in making a standard garlic and herb focaccia bread from scratch check out this easy to follow recipe.

Hannah page a home baker and high school teacher in raleigh n c calls herself the bread fairy. Just be sure to add some oil on top of your artwork to avoid burning. Bake the focaccia for 20 minutes until the bread is golden brown on both sides.