Submitted by caryn on July 9, 2007 - 12:05pm.

Raisin focaccia from Peter Reinhart's Pizza book

This weekend I baked Peter Reinhart's raisin focaccia from his pizza book.  I was intrigued with this recipe, since many on this site have created variations using a sourdough starter.  To keep it simple, I decided to make the recipe as stated in the book, thinking that I might make the sourdough variation some other time.  I made some small mistake making the recipe, since I at first did not understand how I was supposed to spread the dough into the pan, but otherwise I was true to the recipe.  The recipe calls for halving the basic focaccia dough, and adding soaked raisins and so