Focaccina with Roasted Garlic, Scallions and Provolone
- Pizza Dough
- 1/2 to 2/3 cup roasted garlic paste (see sidebar)
- 2 cups grated young or semi-soft provolone
- 1 1/2 tablespoons chopped fresh rosemary
- 1 bunch scallions, thinly sliced
- Preheat a gas grill or prepare a fire in a charcoal grill.
- Divide the dough into 2 pieces.
- Using a floured rolling pin, roll each piece out to a rough rectangular shape about 12 inches long, 6 to 7 inches wide, and 1/4 inch thick.
- Carefully place one piece of dough on the hottest part of the grill.
- Cook until the bottom is light golden brown, about 2 minutes.
- Use tongs or a spatula to flip the dough over and cook on the other side in the same way.
- Transfer to a cutting board and let stand for 2 minutes.
- Repeat with the second piece of dough.
- Use a serrated knife to cut each focaccina horizontally in half: hold the top of the bread with your non-cutting hand, maintaining consistent pressure as you cut it into two even halves.
- Smear the garlic paste over the top halves of the bread and divide the provolone between the bottoms.
- Sprinkle the rosemary over the garlic halves, and sprinkle the scallions over the cheese halves.
- Close the focaccine and wrap each one tightly in foil.
- Grill the sammies, turning once, until they are hot and the cheese is melting, 5 to 6 minutes.
- Unwrap, cut into 1 1/2-inch-wide strips with the serrated knife, and serve.
- Roasted garlic:
- Roasted garlic is delicious, mild and almost sweet.
- Choose large heads with big, plump cloves; smaller heads with small cloves are tedious to deal with.
- A very large head will yield 3 to 4 tablespoons roasted garlic puree.
- To roast garlic, preheat the oven to 350F.
- Slice off the top 1/3 inch or so of each garlic head, exposing the cloves.
- Wrap the garlic heads individually in foil and roast for about 1 hour, until the cloves are very soft.
- Let cool, still wrapped in the foil, then remove from the foil and squeeze out the soft garlic from the skins and put it in a bowl.
- Using a fork, mash the garlic to a puree.
- (The garlic puree can be covered and refrigerated for up to 1 day; bring to room temperature before using.)
dough, garlic, grated young, rosemary, scallions
Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/focaccina-with-roasted-garlic-scallions-and-provolone (may not work)