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Easy Focaccia Bread Recipe + 40 Focaccia Topping Ideas

Oct 25, 2018 · 6 Comments

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Easy Focaccia Recipe + 40 Focaccia Topping Ideas

Earlier this week we featured 5 fabulous focaccia recipes from a few of our favourite food blogger/photographers/stylists. Today we’re sharing an Easy Focaccia Bread Recipe where, all you need is (a lot of) olive oil, some focaccia toppings, one hour to rise, and 25 minutes to bake. Also included is a list of 40 Focaccia Topping Ideas to help get you started.


Easy Focaccia Recipe + 40 Focaccia Topping Ideas

40 Focaccia Topping Ideas

Before you begin check out this list of 40 focaccia topping ideas. We recommend choosing a maximum of three toppings per focaccia loaf :

  1. Apples, thinly sliced
  2. Artichokes
  3. Asparagus
  4. Bacon
  5. Blue cheese
  6. Capers
  7. Caramelized onions
  8. Cheddar, grated
  9. Cherry tomatoes
  10. Chiles, dried or fresh
  11. Chives
  12. Dukkah
  13. Eggplant, roasted
  14. Everything Bagel Spice
  15. Flaky sea salt
  16. Fresh herbs
  17. Garlic, raw or roasted
  18. Genoa Salami
  19. Goat cheese
  20. Grapes
  21. Herb oil
  22. Leeks
  23. Lemon zest
  24. Mozzarella, grated
  25. Olives, pitted
  26. Parmesan
  27. Pears, thinly sliced
  28. Pine nuts
  29. Prosciutto
  30. Pumpkin, roasted
  31. Red onion
  32. Red pepper, roasted
  33. Ricotta
  34. Sausage, cooked, crumbled
  35. Sautéed mushrooms
  36. Sesame seeds
  37. Smoked salmon
  38. Sour cherries
  39. Sun dried tomatoes
  40. Za’atar

Easy Focaccia Recipe + 40 Focaccia Topping Ideas

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Yield: 12 servings

Easy Focaccia Recipe

Easy Focaccia Recipe + 40 Focaccia Topping Ideas

A super simple focaccia bread recipe that comes together quickly that you can customize with your favorite toppings.

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Additional Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 45 minutes

Ingredients

  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 Tablespoon rapid rise yeast
  • 1 ¼ cup hot tap water
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • ½ teaspoon sugar
  • ¾ cup olive oil, divided
  • Focaccia toppings of choice

Instructions

  1. In a large bowl mix flour and yeast.
  2. Stir hot water, salt, and sugar together in a glass measuring cup until salt and sugar dissolve. Add ½ cup olive oil to hot water mixture and pour everything into the bowl with the flour and yeast.
  3. Mix everything together with your hands until all dried bits of flour are incorporated into one dough ball.
  4. Lightly sprinkle countertop with flour. Knead dough 40 times, adding more flour if necessary. Grease bowl with 1 teaspoon olive oil, place dough ball into bowl, cover with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place for one hour.
  5. Preheat oven to 425ºF.
  6. When one hour is up, pour half of remaining ¼ cup of olive oil onto a baking sheet. Punch down dough ball and place on sheet, moving around to grease underside with olive oil. Drizzle top of dough with remaining oil and spread out gently with hands to a thickness of 1-inch.
  7. Press on dough hard enough with your fingers to leave imprints all over. Add focaccia toppings, and bake 23-25 minutes, or until golden.

Notes

See our list of 40 Focaccia Topping Ideas - we recommend using a maximum of three toppings per focaccia loaf.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

12

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 249Total Fat: 14gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 12gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 382mgCarbohydrates: 26gFiber: 1gSugar: 0gProtein: 4g

This is an approximation of the nutrition offered in this recipe, and is created using a nutrition calculator.

© Kelly Neil
Cuisine: European / Category: Bread

About Kelly Neil

Kelly is the food photographer and content creator behind kellyneil.com. She works and lives in her hometown of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

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Comments

  1. Sean Long says

    May 12, 2020 at 12:10 pm

    I’m currently in a baking course and work as a baker. I enjoy focaccia and have been wondering if you could use different toppings of course you can try it. I would love to hear some feedback on the history and different ideas.

    Reply
    • Kelly Neil says

      May 13, 2020 at 5:40 am

      Hi Sean! If you scroll up in this post you’ll see we’ve included a list of 40 ideas you can try as focaccia toppings. We haven’t delved too far into the history at this point, however, it’s something we may consider in the future! Thanks for visiting!

      Reply
  2. Lark Johnston says

    May 16, 2020 at 9:48 pm

    Thank you for the fantastic list of toppings!! My dough is proofing in the frig overnight and I can’t wait to make this tomorrow!!

    Reply
  3. Yvonne Tan says

    May 29, 2020 at 1:58 am

    I’m wondering what is the reason for lining the pan with olive oil when you place the dough on it? Is this part of the recipe or merely to ensure the dough doesn’t stick? If so, will using a non-stick tray help without olive oil?

    Reply
    • Alexandra Daum says

      May 29, 2020 at 2:37 am

      Hi Yvonne, the olive oil is an integral part of making focaccia. It’s what gives the special crunchy outer texture, I don’t recommend leaving it out of the recipe.

      Reply
  4. Sandra D says

    June 01, 2020 at 10:36 am

    This was delicious! I added fried onions and sun-dried tomatoes on mine. Yum!

    Reply

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