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Dill Pickle Focaccia
Ingredients
1 ¼-oz. envelope active dry yeast (about 2¼ tsp.)
2 tsp. honey
5 cups (625 g) all-purpose flour
1 tbsp kosher salt
6 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil, divided, plus more for hands
4 tbsp unsalted butter, plus more for pan
Flaky sea salt
¼ cup dill pickle, chopped into small cubes
2-4 garlic cloves
3 tsp Smak Dab Hot + Sweet Dill Mustard
1 tbsp fresh dill, finely chopped
Freshly ground black pepper
Directions
Stir one ¼-oz. envelope active dry yeast (about 2¼ tsp.), honey and 2½ cups lukewarm water in a medium bowl and let sit 5 minutes (it should foam or at least get creamy)
Add flour and kosher salt and mix with a spatula until a shaggy dough forms and no dry streaks remain.
Pour 4 tbsp. olive oil into a big bowl that will fit in your refrigerator. Transfer dough to bowl and turn to coat in oil. Cover with a lid or plastic wrap and chill until dough is doubled in size (it should look very bubbly and alive), at least 8 hours and up to 1 day. (If you're in a rush, you can also let it rise at room temperature until doubled in size, 3–4 hours)
Generously butter a 13x9" baking pan. Pour 1 tbsp olive oil into center of pan. Keeping the dough in the bowl and using a fork in each hand, gather up edges of dough farthest from you and lift up and over into center of bowl. Give the bowl a quarter turn and repeat process. Do this 2 more times; you want to deflate dough while you form it into a rough ball. Transfer dough to prepared pan. Pour any oil left in bowl over and turn dough to coat it in oil. Let rise, uncovered, in a dry, warm spot (like near a radiator or on top of the fridge or a preheating oven) until doubled in size, at least 1½ hours and up to 4 hours.
Place a rack in middle of oven; preheat to 450°. To see if the dough is ready, poke it with your finger. It should spring back slowly, leaving a small visible indentation. If it springs back quickly, the dough isn’t ready. (If at this point the dough is ready to bake but you aren’t, you can chill it up to 1 hour.) Lightly oil your hands. If using a rimmed baking sheet, gently stretch out dough to fill (you probably won't need to do this if using a baking pan). Dimple focaccia all over with your fingers, like you’re aggressively playing the piano, creating very deep depressions in the dough (reach your fingers all the way to the bottom of the pan). Sprinkle evenly with chopped pickles, drizzle with remaining 1 tbsp olive oil and sprinkle with flaky sea salt. Bake focaccia until puffed and golden brown all over, 20–30 minutes.
Hold off on this last step until you're ready to serve the focaccia: Melt 4 tbsp unsalted butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Remove from heat. Peel and grate in 2–4 garlic cloves. Return to low heat and cook, stirring often, until garlic is fragrant- about 30 seconds. Remove from the heat and add mustard, dill and a couple cranks for freshly ground black pepper.
Brush garlic-mustard butter all over focaccia and slice into squares or rectangles. Serve warm!
