Description
Garlic rosemary focaccia muffins combine Italian bakery traditions with homestyle comfort. Herb-infused bread offers a delightful twist on classic focaccia that you will savor with each aromatic bite.
Ingredients
Scale
Base Ingredients:
- 1.5 pounds (680 grams) store-bought pizza dough
- 12 tablespoons (180 milliliters) extra virgin olive oil
Flavoring Ingredients:
- 8 cloves garlic, chopped
- 4 sprigs fresh rosemary, leaves removed and chopped
Finishing Ingredients:
- Flaky salt
Instructions
- Retrieve pizza dough and allow it to reach ambient temperature in a lightly greased container, ensuring gentle handling to maintain its structure.
- Distribute 1 teaspoon olive oil evenly across each cavity of a standard muffin pan, creating a non-stick surface.
- Transform dough pieces into gentle spherical shapes, carefully positioning each into the oil-coated muffin compartments. Position near a preheating 400°F oven and drape with a soft cloth, permitting gentle proofing.
- Create aromatic herb infusion by warming remaining olive oil over medium heat. Once temperature is optimal, remove from flame and incorporate minced garlic and rosemary, stirring until sizzling subsides.
- Lavishly cascade herbed oil across each dough sphere, ensuring complete coverage. Utilize fingertips to generate distinctive surface indentations, facilitating herb adherence and characteristic focaccia texture. Sprinkle flaky salt across the landscape for enhanced flavor profile.
- Transfer muffin pan into preheated 400°F oven, baking for 14-16 minutes. Monitor surface coloration, tenting with aluminum foil if browning accelerates too rapidly to prevent excessive caramelization.
Notes
- Dough Temperature Matters: Let pizza dough sit at room temperature for optimal rising and softer texture, ensuring even baking and preventing dense muffins.
- Prevent Sticking: Use ample olive oil in muffin pan to create crispy, golden edges and easy removal of focaccia muffins.
- Gentle Handling: Shape dough balls softly to maintain air pockets, which contribute to light and fluffy interior structure.
- Herb Infusion Technique: Heating olive oil with garlic and rosemary releases deeper, more complex flavors that will permeate the entire muffin.
- Prep Time: 45 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Snacks, Appetizer, Breakfast
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 12
- Calories: 200
- Sugar: 0 g
- Sodium: 300 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 1.5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 25 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg