Italian Open Sandwich Foccacia

About Italian Open Sandwich Foccacia

Ingredients

• Hot dog buns 2
• Tomatoes, blanched, peeled and chopped ½ cup
• Garlic cloves, finely chopped 3
• Mozzarella cheese, grated 1 cup
• Salt to taste
• Red chilli flakes 2 tsps
• Green olives, pitted and sliced in rings 10
• Black olives, pitted and sliced in rings 10
• Olive oil 2 tsps

How to Make Italian Open Sandwich Foccacia (Stepwise Photos)

Method

1. Halve each hot dog bun horizontally and further cut into 2.
2. Toast only the inner part of buns slightly on a hot non-stick frying pan for 2-3 minutes so that the toppings do not make the bread soggy.
3. Mix garlic and tomatoes in a bowl and spread this mixture on the toasted side of the buns.
4. Sprinkle grated mozzarella cheese and salt on top as mozzarella cheese tends to be slightly bland.
5. Sprinkle chilli flakes. Keep green and black olive rings on top of the cheese on each sandwich.
6. Heat olive oil in a non-stick pan, place these open sandwiches in it, cover and toast for 5-6 minutes on low heat.
7. Serve hot.

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Chaitrali Deshmukh

Thank you for the amazing instructions.

I have success w/ my dosa but does not last long stored in the refrigerator.

Maybe I am fermenting for too long, or add the salt before the rise?

I also was wondering if it is important to blend separately or can it be blended all together?

Reply

Chef Saransh Goila

Hi Chaitrali,
Yes, cut down the fermentation time and add salt only to the required portion at the time of making the dosa. Also storing in smaller containers just enough for a day helps. Once the batter in a larger container is disturbed (by stirring or scooping out a little etc), I feel it turns sour faster. You can blend them together if you want. But we do it separately because we want the dal batter to become fluffy and the rice batter slightly coarse. Fluffy dal batter makes the dosas light and coarse rice batter makes them extra crispy without making the dosas hard. Hope this helps