Provençal Olive Fougasse

This one will be filed under - enjoyed it but would turned this page in the
 book were it not for "French Fridays with Dorie".  Coming out of our comfort
 zones is one of the things we enjoy most about this experience.
Per Nana~

This week's recipe for FFWD is Provençel olive fougasse. 

I found fresh rosemary and delicious kalamata olives at Giant supermarket 

which were already pitted - which saves a lot of time.

I checked the recipe early and realized if I made it after dinner, 

by the  time  "Dancing With The Stars" finished

at 10 PM  EST, I could stir it and refrigerate over night.

This morning I halved the recipe, and found the dough so easy to 

work with. It rolled out perfectly and baking it was a snap.

I baked them separately so that when I went to Tricia's house

 for dog walking I could bring her family a treat.  

I added some crushed black pepper to the second piece of dough to 

give it a taste similar to an Italian tarallini (which is a round breadstick)  

and it worked  beautifully.  Very tasty.

Since bread is my favorite food item in the whole world, 

guess who ate the most.......

Per Tricia~

Yes, if you have not already figured out from prior posts ....

where Nana hand delivers measured  "Dorie Ingredients"....

the fact that she comes over to help with my Pug and Westie

 and delivers fresh fougasse should indicate how spoiled I am. 

 Not a bad life.  Although the preview of the delicious fougasse

 ensured that I could not take a pass on this one

 since my family now wanted it ~

Overall it was a very forgiving recipe. 

 Bread can be tricky but any recipe that allows for tv watching

 or "kid from school pickup" in between the steps is great in my book. 

 My husband and I particularly like Kalamata olives so this was 

a sure bet for us.  The kids enjoyed the bread in general.  

I had used the lemon zest and was surprised at how much

 I enjoyed the aroma - it was truly a lovely combination 

that as usual, I would not have thought of myself.

I would definitely consider making this again but I would not 

do it for company per se, as my creations were a bit too 

artistic (code for did not roll out into rectangle as desired) 

for "prime time" sharing.

One last funny note.  In last week's post Nana referenced that

 the fougasse would be a "whole new story".  This is hilarious.  

Even I was wondering what story she was going to tell this week 

 (I can't seem to remember yesterday lately......) but figured it 

had to do with our trip to Nice last year since olives were the

 theme.  Nope. No story.  She simply meant that the fougasse was

 an adventure for another day kind of thing- not that we had already

 had a specific adventure (relating to fougasse, anyway).   We 

were enjoying a dinner out in Princeton earlier this week after 

watching the kids play lacrosse and she casually mentioned that 

commenters were looking forward to the "story". I explained that I 

was as well and when she clarified what happened I accused her of 

"baiting the Doristas" and we both had a great laugh over the whole thing.

Happy French Friday ~