Ingredients for a small skillet

250 gr Mulino Marello Pizza and Focaccia Mix

2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

Salt to taste

2 tablespoons organic poppy seeds

Half a sachet of organic gluten-free dry yeast

Procedure

Mix the flour with the oil, salt and dry yeast. Add water until you obtain an easily workable dough. Wrap the dough in a clean cloth and let it rest and rise in the turned off oven for at least an hour and a half.

Lightly grease a non-stick pan and place the dough, adjust it with your fingers and cover with the poppy seeds, pressing them onto the surface. Cook over medium heat until you notice that the edges tend to come away, turn over with a plate and cook the other side. Complete cooking until a crust appears on the surface. Leave to cool, consume as is or cut into wedges, open them and toast them in a ventilated oven for about 10 minutes at 180 degrees.

Cooking in a pan

We don't always want to turn on the oven and rediscovering the pan as an ally for making bread and focaccia can be really useful.

This recipe is really very simple, it allows us to rediscover the taste of bread in a different way and the addition of poppy seeds gives color and nourishment.

The latter are rich in calcium as well as sesame and chia seeds, phosphorus, magnesium and manganese, contain omega 6 fatty acids, oleic acid, group B vitamins, vitamin C, vitamin E and precious fibre.

We are often prejudiced against poppy seeds due to the presence of alkaloid substances contained in them, completely similar to those of opium. However, the quantity of these substances is very low, decidedly lower than that of opium and is also reduced by up to 90% by manufacturing processes.

So let's consume them peacefully and use them for bread and breadsticks, for biscuits and to season fresh pasta!

You can enjoy this focaccia warm or cut it into slices and toast them in the oven. They will become delicious canapés to spread with chickpea hummus, avocado or an olive cream to enjoy for lunch or excellent for breakfast with an almond cream or cooked fruit.

 

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Article by Dr. Isabella Vendrame - food coach psychologist, writer and popularizer.

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