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    Home » Bread » Slow Cooker Spinach and Feta Focaccia

    Published on Feb 2, 2015. Modified on Jun 12, 2019 by bakingqueen74. This post may contain affiliate links. 17 Comments

    Slow Cooker Spinach and Feta Focaccia

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    I love the way I can just forget about the whatever I am making in the slow cooker and get on with other things while it proves and then bakes. Perfect for a day at home with an active nearly three-year-old! Read on for the recipe for slow cooker spinach and feta focaccia.

    Since I have had success with making bread in my slow cooker before (pesto twist loaf, rosemary and olive bread, apricot and sultana loaf, chocolate chip brioche), it was a no-brainer for me to turn to the slow cooker again to make focaccia with toppings for work lunches.

    Slow Cooker Spinach and Feta Focaccia

    How to Make a Focaccia with Toppings in the Slow Cooker

    The base of an oval slow cooker is just the right size to bake a focaccia loaf. You can either use a bread recipe from scratch as I’ve done here or even a packet focaccia mix if you want to save a little time (no need to weigh out the ingredients).

    Make your dough, knead until elastic and then leave to prove in a bowl for an hour. Once risen, you can get going with the slow cooker part.

    Knock the dough back so it deflates and shape to an oval the size of your slow cooker. Place on baking paper and put it in the slow cooker pot.

    Slow cooker focaccia

    After an hour on low for the second prove, the dough will rise again.

    Slow cooker focaccia

    Now drizzle the dough with olive oil, and make some holes with the end of your finger to push in the halved tomatoes and crumbled feta.

    Scatter chopped spinach and rosemary leaves on top. Drizzle over a little more olive oil, and some sea salt, and it is ready to switch onto high to bake. It almost looks good enough to eat already!

    Slow cooker spinach and feta focaccia

    Bake for approx. 1.5 to 2 hours on high, checking regularly. Put a tea towel under the lid to catch drips and stop the focaccia getting wet.

    You’ll find the focaccia bakes well with browning around the sides.

    Slow cooker spinach and feta focaccia

    To brown off the top a little more, place it in a hot oven or under the grill/broiler for five minutes.

    Slow cooker spinach and feta focaccia

    This was absolutely delicious for work lunches, and was enough for two days eaten in its own. If served with a side salad it could even make four servings.

    At approx 300 calories per quarter focaccia, this can be included in a healthy eating plan.

    Slow cooker spinach and feta focaccia

    More Focaccia Recipes to Try

    For more focaccia recipes, why not check these out:

    • my blackcurrant focaccia
    • tomato, red onion and blue cheese focaccia from the Crafty Larder
    • focaccia from The Great British Bake-Off from Kerry Cooks
    • wholemeal herb and onion focaccia from Utterly Scrummy Food For Families
    • cherry tomato and rosemary focaccia from Little Sunny Kitchen
    • olive focaccia from Family-Friends-Food

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    Slow cooker spinach and feta focaccia

    Slow Cooker Spinach and Feta Focaccia

    Slow Cooker Spinach and Feta Focaccia

    Focaccia bread topped with spinach, feta, cherry tomatoes and rosemary, baked in the crockpot, ideal for lunch or a light meal
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    Course: Baking, Lunch
    Cuisine: European
    Prep Time: 25 minutes
    Cook Time: 2 hours
    Proving Time: 2 hours
    Total Time: 2 hours 25 minutes
    Servings: 4
    Calories: 290kcal
    Author: Lucy Allen | BakingQueen74

    Ingredients

    • 250 g strong white bread flour
    • 1 tsp salt
    • 1 tsp fast bake yeast
    • 1 tbsp olive oil
    • 200 ml cold water

    Topping:

    • 50 g spinach chopped
    • 40 g feta cheese crumbled
    • cherry tomatoes handful, halved
    • 2-3 sprigs of fresh rosemary leaves stripped
    • Coarse sea salt
    • Olive oil to drizzle
    UK Measurements - US Measurements

    Equipment

    large oval slow cooker
    cake liners

    Instructions 

    • Place the flour, salt, yeast, olive oil and three quarters of the water in a large bowl and use a spoon to mix it together into a sticky dough.
    • Knead it in the bowl for five minutes and add the remaining water slowly.
    • Stretch the dough out in the bowl and then fold in into the centre, keep turning the bowl little by little and continue stretching and folding for five minutes. It will gradually become less sticky and more elastic.
    • Turn the dough out onto an oiled surface and knead it for another five minutes.
    • Place the dough in an oiled bowl, cover it with clingfilm, and allow it to double in size. This rise took about an hour for me.
    • Line the bowl of a large slow cooker (I used one which is 5.7 litre) with a double layer of baking paper.
    • Place the dough in the pot on the baking paper and stretch it out to roughly the size of the base of the pot.
    • Place the lid back on the slow cooker, turn it onto low and allow the dough to prove for an hour.
    • After an hour on low, the dough will rise well again.
    • Drizzle the dough with olive oil, and make some holes with the end of your finger to push in the halved tomatoes and crumbled feta. Scatter the chopped spinach and rosemary leaves on top. Drizzle over a little more olive oil, and some sea salt, and it is ready to switch onto high to bake.
    • Bake for approx. 1-2 hours on high.
    • After 1.5 hrs on high with a tea towel under the lid, the focaccia baked well!
    • To brown off the top a little more, place it in a hot oven for five minutes.

    Notes

    Focaccia recipe: Adapted from Paul Hollywood's recipe for focaccia from The Great British Bake-Off:
    Did you try and love this recipe?Then please leave a review and rating in the comments at the bottom of the post. If you post your creation on Instagram, tag me @bakingqueen74 or use hashtag #bakingqueen74!

     

     

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    1. Foodie Quine (@foodiequine) says

      March 01, 2015 at 7:37 pm

      This is fantastic! I would never have even considered bread making in the slow cooker.

      Reply
      • bakingqueen74 says

        March 03, 2015 at 5:06 pm

        Thank you! It has great results with bread I find, I make this once every couple of weeks now for work lunches

        Reply
    2. lucyparissi says

      February 10, 2015 at 5:32 pm

      This looks incredibly tasty! Never would have believed you can make it in a slow cooker but YUM. I miss bread : ( #CookBlogShare

      Reply
      • bakingqueen74 says

        February 11, 2015 at 8:17 pm

        Have some go on!

        Reply
    3. HonestMum (@HonestMummy) says

      February 07, 2015 at 10:40 am

      Wow that looks awesome, I need me a slow cooker! Thanks for linking up to #tastytuesdays

      Reply
      • bakingqueen74 says

        February 07, 2015 at 6:40 pm

        Thanks Vicky

        Reply
    4. EMZ says

      February 04, 2015 at 2:35 pm

      This looks amazing! I don’t have a slow cooker though .. sad face .. !

      Reply
      • bakingqueen74 says

        February 07, 2015 at 6:38 pm

        You could of course bake it in an oven too 🙂

        Reply
    5. Truly Madly Kids (@TrulyMadly7) says

      February 03, 2015 at 2:17 pm

      Fabulous! We’ve just gone meat free during the week so great to get recipes like this #tastytuesdays

      Reply
      • bakingqueen74 says

        February 07, 2015 at 6:37 pm

        Thanks, it was great for work lunches and I will be making it again very soon!

        Reply
    6. Kirsty Hijacked By Twins says

      February 03, 2015 at 2:02 pm

      Oh wow!!! I never thought of using my slow cooker for bread/focaccia! My oven has broken and I am cookerless until Saturday but this looks perfect, I am so tempted to get baking 🙂 x #tastytuesdays

      Reply
      • bakingqueen74 says

        February 07, 2015 at 6:38 pm

        ooh it could be perfect, hope the oven is back now though x

        Reply
    7. Sarah @tamingtwins says

      February 03, 2015 at 11:53 am

      Oh Lucy you inspire me so much to use my slow cooker! Really must try this – it looks fab. Thanks 🙂

      Reply
    8. Janice (@FarmersgirlCook) says

      February 02, 2015 at 6:51 pm

      Looks fabulous, Lucy.

      Reply
      • bakingqueen74 says

        February 07, 2015 at 6:39 pm

        Thanks Janice!

        Reply
    9. Sarah Trivuncic, Maison Cupcake says

      February 02, 2015 at 5:53 pm

      That looks perfect! I had no idea you could make focaccia in a slow cooker.

      Reply
      • bakingqueen74 says

        February 07, 2015 at 6:40 pm

        Thanks Sarah, so glad it worked

        Reply

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