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Focaccia Bread
What is Focaccia?
Focaccia is a soft and fluffy flat bread made with olive oil and various toppings.
It originated in Genoa, Italy, and has since become one of the most popular breads and Italian recipes in the world.
You can eat Focaccia bread any time of the day, with coffee for breakfast, with a glass of wine during meal time, or as a snack or appetizer throughout the day.
Focaccia Recipe
This authentic Italian Focaccia recipe is one of the easiest bread recipes ever.
It’s 100% homemade, easy, no fuss and takes less than 2 hours.
The recipe calls for five (5) basic ingredients:
- Olive oil
- All-purpose flour
- Instant yeast
- Warm water
- Salt
Focaccia Toppings:
You can add a variety of toppings. Here are some of the popular ingredients to top off the bread:
- Garlic
- Herbs such as rosemary, oregano, sage or Italian basil.
- Olives can be added to the dough.
- Sliced onion can be used as a Focaccia topping.
- Vegetables such as cherry tomatoes, artichoke and mushrooms can also be added as the toppings.
How to Make Focaccia?
To make focaccia pizza, first you mix all the ingredients above to form a sticky dough. You can do it without mixer and by hand.
Transfer the dough into a baking pan and let it rise at room temperature for 60 minutes.
Gently poke the dough all over with your index finger and add the toppings.
For the toppings, I used sea salt flakes, garlic, fresh rosemary and oregano, yielding the best homemade Focaccia bread.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is It Vegan?
This is a healthy vegan recipe as it calls for olive oil instead of butter.
Also, no diary products are present in the recipe.
What Are the Most Popular Toppings for Focaccia?
Rosemary and garlic are two of the most popular toppings.
You can use either rosemary, garlic or combine the both.
How Many Calories per Serving?
The bread is only 377 calories per serving.
What Dishes to Serve with This Recipe?
This bread is best served with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. It’s a fabulous side dish or appetizer for dinner.
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Focaccia
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil (to drizzle onto the pan)
Dough:
- 1 1/2 cups warm water
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon instant yeast or active dry yeast
Toppings:
- 1 teaspoon sea salt flakes or kosher salt
- 2 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1 tablespoons chopped rosemary
- 1 tablespoon chopped oregano
Instructions
- Drizzle about 2 tablespoons olive oil into a 9" x 13" (22cm x 33cm) pan.
- Combine all of the Dough ingredients, and beat at high speed with an electric mixer for 60 seconds.
- Scoop the sticky batter into the prepared pan, cover the pan, and let it rise at room temperature for 60 minutes.
- While the dough is rising, preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C).
- Gently poke the dough all over with your index finger.
- Drizzle it lightly with olive oil, and sprinkle with the salt, minced garlic, rosemary and oregano.
- Bake the bread until it's golden brown, 30 minutes. Remove it from the oven, wait 5 minutes, then turn it out of the pan onto a rack and cut into pieces. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Notes
Nutrition
Notice: Nutrition is auto-calculated, using Spoonacular, for your convenience. Where relevant, we recommend using your own nutrition calculations.
Fantastic! I thought the amount of rosemary and oregano would be too much looking at it, but it actually is great for the flavor. I added extra garlic (as per usual with me) and next time would probably experiment with other spices like red pepper or something else. This was also my first time baking bread so thank you for providing such an easy recipe! It’s so delicious.
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I’m 82 years old and would like to know where you found this recipe reason is when I was very young (4yrs) we lived in San Francisco in the Italian arear my mother and I would go at night to the bakery and buy this focaccia bread. I have never found this bread any other place can’t wait to try it thank you
Hi Mary, it’s from King Arthur Flour website.
How many in this 1 recipe
It makes one baking tray as pictured in the recipe card. It serves 6 people as a side dish. It’s on top of the recipe card.
We made this yesterday and it’s fabulous!!! I topped it with sea salt, oregano and crushed red pepper. I can’t wait to make it again!
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This is much easier then my previous recipe and the results were great. The first batch didn’t rise even though I used instant yeast, but I bloomed the yeast for the second batch and it came out fluffy and brown with a crispy bottom. My new go to, hubby was so happy!
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Can you substitute active dry yeast for instant yeast?
I think so but I am not a yeast expert.
I used active dry yeast and mine came out perfect.
Awesome!
Amazing! I have never made any sort of bread before and was so impressed how easy this was! Will definitely make this over and over again!
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Absolutely delicious! and so very easy
Thanks Ella. I am so happy that you tried this recipe. Please try more recipes on my site: https://rasamalaysia.com/recipe-index-gallery/
Hello! I made a double batch. Very good. Thank you! Forgot to take a picture, sorry!
Awesome thanks!
I made this bread today. It was pretty gooc but wasn’t as moist as focaccia bread usually is. Gonna experiment with using more oil next time. Thank you for sharing!
Wow, this is such an amazing and simple recipe. The focaccia turned out so fluffy and tasty. This is much easier than the traditional recipe of folding and rising multiple times. I added artichokes, sun dried tomatoes and marinated stuffed olives to the bread, and then brushed it with rosemary olive oil once it was done. Thank you!
Hi Andrea, wow, I love your version. That sounds so good! Please try more recipes on my site: https://rasamalaysia.com/recipe-index-gallery/
I tried your recipe, all though very easy mine did not get as lite and fluffy as the picture shows. What did I do wrong?
Hi Fran, I am not sure what happened. Maybe it’s your oven? Did you measure all the ingredients correctly?