VASCM: Schaciatta recipe

[Peggy Alberti]

Hi again. I do apologize. I didn't realize that our site would not send any attachments. Thank you to those of you who let me know. I hope by now you are salivating and ready to really get a good recipe as the THIRD TIME WILL BE THE CHARM! Here is the Schaciatta recipe. Good luck with your harvests.
  --Peggy Alberti



SCHACIATTA A'L'UVA --Harvest Focaccia
  This easy to make Focaccia is great for breakfast, brunch, dessert or snacking. Good warm or room temperature. 

THE CRUST:
1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast
1 teaspoon white sugar
1 cup warm water (110 degrees F/45
degrees C)
2 1/2 cups unbleached flour
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon salt

DIRECTIONS:
1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). In a medium bowl, dissolve yeast
and sugar in warm water. Let stand until creamy, about 10 minutes.
2. Stir in flour, salt and oil. Beat until smooth. Let rest for 5 minutes.
3. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and pat or roll into a round and place dough on cookie sheet with about half the dough hanging off the edge of the pan.
4. (The recipe calls for 3 1/2 cups grapes, but I think it works out better with around 2-2 1/2 cups as this can get really messy in the oven. Best to put tin foil on the bottom of the stove to save lots of time cleaning up.) The recipe: Take about 3 1/2 cups grapes and squish in your hands. Take out as many seeds as desired, but it's OK to leave the majority of seeds in. When you make this with Pinot Noir grapes the seeds seem to either disintegrate or soften to the point where you don't notice them. (Other grapes may be different though.)  Place about 1/2 the grapes --juices and all--onto the half of the dough on the cookie sheet, then gently fold over the dough and pinch down the remaining ends. 
5.Sprinkle the top of the Schiaciatta with olive oil,  leaves from several rosemary sprigs, then 1/2 cup sugar and the remainder of the grapes. Cook approximately 20 min at 400 degrees. (The more grapes you put inside the longer you'll need to cook it.)