Video Recipe of the Week by Lorena Merighi - How to Make Focaccia

Have you ever heard of anyone saying,  they don't like focaccia? Personally I've never heard of anyone saying "no" to focaccia. Focaccia, this famous pizza like white bread, which easily accompanies very well many Italian cold cuts and cheeses, is part of Italy's culture and makes a great meal. In the recent years Focaccia has become very popular in the US and many restaurants, cafes and pubs have introduced it on their menu. Now you can make your very own focaccia at home and  in this video Lorena, shows us how sage and rosemary come together in this amazing, delicious and easy to make focaccia recipe. 





Easy to Make Focaccia Recipe by Lorena Merighi


How to prepare focaccia! Easy to follow recipe, step-by-step, from beginning to end!
Ingredients are:
240 gr. lukewarm water (1 cup)
30 gr. Italian extra virgin olive oil (about 3 tbsp)
7 gr. dry active yeast (1 envelope or 1 tsp)
7 gr. salt (1 tsp)
345 gr. Italian 00 flour (about 2 1/2 cup)
Measurements in grams are more accurate, if you have a scale that weighs them, use it. Recipe Courtesy of Bella Italia Photo Credit: Google

Video Recipe of the Week: Lorena Shows Us How to Prepare HomeMade Fresh Tomato Sauce

Our dear friend and video recipe editor and contributor Lorena Merighi from Bella Italia Store , shows us how to preapare fresh Italian tomato sauce. August and September  tomatoes are at their peak of the Season, and what better time to make fresh sauce. I've never heard of any one Italian grandmother, mother, father or even aunt or uncle or even friend, who doens't make home made fresh tomato sauce, especially in late Summer. It's simple and it uses only a few simple and fresh ingredients. Lorena shows us how the freshness of tomatoes can easily add magic to any type of pasta.

Ingredients for Fresh Tomato Sauce

Ingredients for 2:
-1/2 lb Italian penne pasta
-3 tomatoes, ripe but firm
-Italian extra virgin olive oil
-2 garlic cloves, peeled and halved
-fresh basil, as much as you want
-Italian sea salt

Recipe and Video Credit: Lorena Merighi

Buon Appetito!