Garlic Red Mashed Potato Focaccia & Dreamfarm Giveaway

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If you’ve never had bread with potato in it, you’re in for a real treat!  This Garlic Mashed Potato Focaccia is incredibly soft and moist thanks to some mashed potatoes right in the dough!  Sounds a little crazy I realize, but I don’t think you’ll be disappointed!  I think my kids could have eaten the whole loaf in about 5 minutes if I let them!  This focaccia is great with just a little butter or olive oil, or use it for sandwiches!  It would also make a great pizza dough!  The focaccia is ready in just a couple of hours so you can have delicious fresh bread anytime!  Also a fun giveaway from Dreamfarm so read on for more details and to enter.

Red Mashed Potato Focaccia

I went out to lunch a few weeks ago with some friends to an Italian restaurant and in the bread basket was an incredible bread that we couldn’t stop eating.  Our waiter was quite friendly and chatty so we asked him about the bread.  He said it was a homemade focaccia with red mashed potatoes inside.  So guess what I’ve been baking since I went out to lunch that day?  :)

The first thing you need are some red potatoes.  You actually just need a couple of large red potatoes.  I left the skin on but you can peel them if you’d like.  I like the little red flecks in the bread.  Chop your potatoes to speed up the boiling and cooking process.  If you left the the potato skins on, be sure to chop the potatoes up into smaller pieces so you don’t get large chunks of skins in your bread.  Boil the potatoes until tender.

Red Mashed Potato Focaccia

While your potatoes are cooking, start preparing the rest of your dough and ingredients. To make your bread making a little easier, how about a fun giveaway from Dreamfarm?  The nice folks at Dreamfarm sent me a few products to try out and they’re giving one lucky reader the same including a Smood, Garject, and Gripet.  Fun names, huh?  When they first arrived I was surprised how heavy the boxes were.  All heavy-duty and stronger than they look.  The boxes are all bright and cheery and instantly put me in a good mood as crazy as that may sound.  Dreamfarm has some innovative and creative kitchen tools so check out their site if you haven’t already.

Red Mashed Potato Focaccia

First up was the Gripet.  Took me a little while to figure it out but there’s really not much to it.  It grips onto notes, recipes, paper, etc.  It’s magnetic so you can stick it on the fridge but it also comes with some adhesive so you could stick it on any flat surface such as a wall in your office or wherever you want to get organized.    You can take out the paper you want without all the other papers coming out with it.  Kind of cool, huh?  It’s technically not a “toy” but I will add that it kept my children entertained for quite awhile.  I put it on the side of my fridge to hold my recipe notes.

Red Mashed Potato Focaccia

Next up, the Garject.  It peels and presses garlic cloves.  No need to peel the garlic cloves (which is great and saves time!), you just put the cloves in and press.

Red Mashed Potato Focaccia

Then you open it up and it pushes the garlic peels out.

Red Mashed Potato Focaccia

For the recipe I put my garlic and olive oil in the microwave for a little while to mellow out the garlic a little.  You can also do this in a pan on the stovetop but so much quicker in the microwave.  Meanwhile, place your yeast in the warm water and let it sit for about 5 minutes.  It should start to bubble a bit.

Red Mashed Potato Focaccia

By now your potatoes are probably done.  Drain the water then mash them until smooth.  I used the Smood to mash the potatoes up in no time.  It would also be great for avocados, hard-boiled eggs, soft fruit, or anything you want to “smash”.  At this point if you’re noticing large chunks of potato skin, get some kitchen scissors and chop the skin up a bit if you want.

Red Mashed Potato Focaccia

So now you have your mashed potatoes, cooled oil/garlic, and active yeast.  Finish up your dough and knead.

Red Mashed Potato Focaccia

Place it in a large bowl that has been coated with a little olive oil.  Turn the dough around to coat with oil, then cover the bowl and place in a dark warm place.

Red Mashed Potato Focaccia

The dough should double in about an hour or so.

Red Mashed Potato Focaccia

Punch the dough down and place on an oiled baking sheet.  Form into a large circle, press with your fingers to form some indentations like focaccia if you’d like, then top with more olive oil and salt/pepper if desired.  You could also top with other things such as thinly sliced onions.

Red Mashed Potato Focaccia

Bake the bread until golden bread on the outside.  Cool a little then slice and enjoy!

Red Mashed Potato Focaccia

Would you like to win a set of the Dreamfarm products mentioned above??  Here’s your chance…

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Red Mashed Potato Focaccia

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Garlic Red Mashed Potato Focaccia
4.8 from 17 reviews

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Recipe type: Bread
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Serves: 8-10
Add a little mashed potato to this focaccia for a soft moist bread!
Ingredients
Dough:

  • 2 cups chopped red potatoes (unpeeled or peeled)
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
  • 5 garlic cloves, minced
  • ¾ cup warm water
  • 2¼ teaspoon (or 1 pkg) active dry yeast
  • 4-5 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1½ teaspoons salt
topping (optional):

  • olive oil
  • freshly cracked pepper & salt
Instructions
  1. Place chopped potatoes in small saucepan, cover with cold water and cover pan with lid. Place over high heat and bring to a boil. Remove lid, reduce heat to simmer, and cook about 8-10 minutes or until potatoes are soft. Drain water, and mash potatoes. Set aside.
  2. Meanwhile, place 2 tablespoons olive oil and minced garlic in small microwave safe bowl, cover slightly and cook on high in the microwave for about 30 seconds to 1 minute or until warm and fragrant. Set aside to cool.
  3. Place warm water in a small bowl and stir in yeast. Let sit about 5 minutes until foamy.
  4. In a large bowl whisk together 3 cups flour and 1½ teaspoons salt. Add oil/garlic and yeast mixture until just combined. Stir in mashed potatoes. Add more flour as needed to form soft dough.
  5. Place dough in flour coated surface and knead for a few minutes. Let dough rest for about 10-15 minutes then knead again for a few minutes. Add about 1 tablespoon of olive oil to large bowl. Turn dough in bowl to coat. Cover bowl, then place in dark warm place for about an hour or until doubled.
  6. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place dough onto oiled baking sheet and form dough into a large circle. Coat top with additional olive oil and salt/pepper if desired. Bake about 35-45 minutes or until golden brown.
Notes
SNAPPY TIPS: Be sure to mash the potatoes well so you don’t get large chunks in the dough. Add flour slowly until you get a soft dough.

SNAPPY SUBSTITUTIONS: Instead of garlic, you can add other dry herbs/spices to the dough mixture (no need to cook).

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214 thoughts on “Garlic Red Mashed Potato Focaccia & Dreamfarm Giveaway”

  1. Denise in Michigan

    Looks like a great recipe! My favorite kitchen gadget is a microplane for grating cheese, but I’d love to have one of the gadgets described here.

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  15. Deborah Rosen

    My favorite kitchen gadget is a lever-like jar opener. It was part of a wedding shower gift way back in 1972 and I’ve never found anything like it since. It can easily open any jar, every time. I don’t know what I’d do if it ever broke.

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    My favorite kitchen gadget is the can opener that does not let there be sharp edges. It is easy to open cans for soup or for evaporated milk or whatever . It looks like a rabbit and all I have to do is go up and down with the “ears”.

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    My favorite kitchen gadget is the strawberry corer. So easy and convenience to use. :) I love focaccia and yours looks so good! Drooling…

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  56. Danielle Goewert

    I love the pizza cutter. You can it for some many thing. I cut anything and everything with it. I could not live without it.

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    My favorite kitchen gadget is an Alaskan ulu. It’s a curved chopper that is also great used as a scraper.

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  101. Maggie

    Favorite kitchen gadget is handheld electric mixer, it has 3 different attachements. I can just store away and keep my counter clean(I don’t have much counter space).

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  102. Maggie

    Favorite kitchen gadget is handheld electric mixer, it has 3 different attachments. I can just store away and keep my counter clean(I don’t have much counter space).

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  106. Greta

    I would have to say my favorite kitchen gadget is my microplane because I love cooking and baking with lemons! I do wish I had something that would make cutting onions easier since I’m so susceptible too them. I’m sure it exists and I just haven’t found it yet. These tools look like a lot of fun- and so useful!

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  119. Candace

    my favorite kitchen gadget is probably my apple slicer. i definitely eat more apples than i used to because of this gadget. and it for sure cuts back on apple pie-making time!!

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  154. Stacy

    I was just saying to my husband yesterday that if it doesn’t yet exist, that we should invent a pie/cake slicer that will slice your pie or cake into even pieces all at once. It would have to come in different sizes (8″, 9″) or have the ability to adjust. I would imagine it looking like a wheel with spokes (or a trivial pursuit piece). What got me thinking this was he had made me a cheesecake and every day when I cut a slice the remaining cheesecake would get more and more lopsided. It would be so much easier to just take a cutter that could cut the whole thing at once, so all you have to do is pull out a piece.

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  158. Nancy McKenzie

    The microplane is my favorite gadget. It takes the work out of zesting citrus and grating parmesan and whole nutmeg. What did I ever do without it?

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  192. Michele N

    My favorite gadget would have to be my tomato corer, also works for strawberries and other items. It took me years to find one after I used to use one at a restaurant I worked at.

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  196. Lisa Costa

    My favorite current kitchen gadget is my mini chopper. It saves me a lot of work, but I’d love to someday have a full size food processor. Also my submersion mixer works great for whipping up a quick dish of whipped cream fresh.

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