Focaccia With Cheese And Onion Topping

This is a light, delicate bread, topped with caramelized onions and cheese. cubed ham makes a tasty addition. the dough for the bread is made in the abm. Note: my abm is older and takes 2 1/2 hours for the dough cycle and is included in the preparation time.

Steps

Place the ingredients into your abm in the order specified for your machine.

Set it on the dough cycle.

When the dough cycle has beeped , leave the dough in the machine for another 30 minutes.

It will continue to rise again.

Preheat your oven to 190c grease a 9 1 / 2 x 13 1 / 2 x 1 / 2 inch pan with some cooking spray or a little olive oil.

You will hear all the air bubbles popping as you roll.

Once the air bubbles are gone , place in pan , patting it into the corners.

Leave to rise for 15-20 minutes.

While dough is rising prepare topping.

Melt butter in a large skillet and saut the onion rings on medium heat until golden and caramelized , about 6-8 minutes.

Set aside to cool slightly.

Have your ham cubed and cheese grated and set aside.

Now back to the dough.

Make indentations with forefinger approximately 1 inch apart all over dough.

Place caramelized onions evenly over dough.

Scatter the ham over , and then sprinkle the cheese on top.

Sprinkle with italian seasonin.

Ingredients

bread machine yeast, flour, gluten flour, salt, sugar, water, butter, onions, cubed ham, cheese, italian seasoning, fresh coarse ground black pepper