Indulge in the delightful world of focaccia, a delectable Italian flatbread with a rich history and distinct flavors. Originating from the Liguria region, focaccia has captivated taste buds for centuries. This versatile bread boasts a crispy crust, a tender, airy interior, and an irresistible aroma of olive oil and herbs. Our curated collection of focaccia recipes offers a variety of options to suit every palate and occasion. From classic Genovese focaccia to innovative takes with sun-dried tomatoes and pesto, each recipe promises an unforgettable culinary experience. Whether you're a seasoned baker or just starting your bread-making journey, our detailed instructions and helpful tips will guide you towards focaccia perfection. Get ready to impress your friends and family with this timeless Italian masterpiece.
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BREAD MACHINE FOCACCIA
This is fantastic with olive oil and balsamic vinegar with a little grated Parmesan cheese.
Provided by TVESTA
Categories Bread Yeast Bread Recipes Flat Bread Recipes
Time 3h
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Place water, 2 tablespoons olive oil, salt, garlic, 1 tablespoon rosemary, bread flour and yeast in the pan of the bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Select Dough cycle; press Start.
- Remove dough from bread machine when cycle is complete. Pat dough into either a 9x13 inch baking pan or 12 inch pizza pan. Use your fingers to dimple the dough every inch or so. Brush with remaining olive oil and sprinkle with remaining rosemary.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Cover foccacia with plastic wrap while oven preheats.
- Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes, or until golden brown. let cool for 5 minutes before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 165.9 calories, Carbohydrate 25.2 g, Fat 5.1 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 4.3 g, SaturatedFat 0.7 g, Sodium 98.6 mg, Sugar 0.1 g
CARAMELIZED ONION FOCACCIA ( BREAD MACHINE) RECIPE - (4.4/5)
Provided by Addie
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Place all ingredients except cheeses and onion topping in your bread machine pan in the order recommended by manufacturer Use dough setting. When dough is finished, grease cookie sheet. Pat dough into twelve-inch circle on sheet. Cover and let rise in warm place about 30 minutes or until almost double. Prepare onion topping. Heat oven to 400º. Make deep depression in dough at one inch intervals with finger or handle of wooden spoon. Spread topping over dough. Sprinkle with cheeses. Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until edge is golden brown. Cut into wedges, serve warm. ONION TOPPING: Melt margarine in skillet over medium-low heat. Cook onions and garlic in butter 15 to 20 minutes, stirring occasionally until onions are brown and caramelized. ........................ REVIEWS: If you love caramelized onions and good bread, this is the recipe for you! Delicious and fluffy bread with an amazing onion topping. Very filling, could make a great meal with soup and a salad. FANTASTIC! Made exactly as written except I added 1 tsp. dried rosemary to the dough ingredients. This is the lightest, fluffiest foccacia bread I have ever had...will use again as a pizza dough base. Thanks so much for sharing!! I have made foccacia in the past, but this recipe is delicious. The dough was easy to work with and the bread was lovely and moist. Like other reviewers, my onions had been too fine and were overdone by the end of cooking. I drizzled the hot bread with some olive oil before serving with spaghetti and meatballs. Next time I will try adding the onions nearer the end of cooking. Whole family loved this and have requested that it be made again soon. I made this with the onion topping to start with. I should have sliced the onions, as in your recipe, instead of chopping them. By the time I had caramelised them and then they baked on top of the bread, there wasn't much substance to the onion! I had chopped them too finely. I doubled the recipe and made two batches for my cooking class and we tried all sorts of toppings; garlic and thyme, olives, sun-dried tomatoes. All wonderful. This was so easy and so good! I will be using this frequently. Can't wait to try this with other toppings as well. Thanks! My first Foccacia bread and I love it. Made it as directed first time & was great. Next time I made a pizza with onion, mushroom, red pepper & pineapple. Wonderful!! Thanks so much for a great recipe. This was incredibly easy and good. I will only make foccacia dough this way from now on. I put the cookie sheet on top of my pizza stone and the crust was perfect. Can't wait to make it again and try other toppings. This is an awesome bread, and has become one of our regular recipes around here. I usually sprinkle a little garlic salt on it and add some olives. I like to use sweet onions, and I cook them on a med-low heat the whole time the doubh is going. Too good! I have already made it twice in the past 3 days. I used red onion both times and a few mushrooms the second time around. It is yummmmmy! We all ate it as it is-couldn't wait to make anything else with it. Fabulous recipe! Thanks for submitting. 5+ stars. I let my onions cook on the stove for close to an hour so that they were very carmelized. The dough was beautiful to work with. Something I learned from a TV food show was to grease the cookie sheet with olive oil. I used fresh mozzarella. Everything went together so well. Oh, the flavor! Oh Man this was great, even with my mistakes. I forgot to make the depressions in the dough and it turned out like a wonderful pizza. The dough is really sticky, so I had to flour my hands in order to spread it out. I added a some Itialin seasoning, some paprika and a little extra cheese and mine was done in exactly 15 minutes. What a wonderful bread this is. Thanks so much. My first Foccacia, but not my last. I chose this recipe after seeing SueL's photo and am so happy I did. This was so easy to make & we enjoyed the bread very much. Thanks for sharing a recipe I will use again. Easy and delicious! I loved the flavor the caramelized onions gave. Very savory! I also added a pinch of dried herbs to the topping before baking. Great recipe - thanks for posting!
CARAMELIZED ONION FOCACCIA ( BREAD MACHINE)
This recipe is very easy and very tasty! I don't remember where it came from originally, but I have been making it for several years. Preparation time does not include the time it takes for the dough in the bread machine.
Provided by Lvs2Cook
Categories Yeast Breads
Time 1h10m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Place all ingredients except cheeses and onion topping in your bread machine pan in the order recommended by manufacturer Use dough setting.
- When dough is finished, grease cookie sheet.
- Pat dough into twelve-inch circle on sheet.
- Cover and let rise in warm place about 30 minutes or until almost double.
- Prepare onion topping.
- Heat oven to 400º.
- Make deep depression in dough at one inch intervals with finger or handle of wooden spoon.
- Spread topping over dough.
- Sprinkle with cheeses.
- Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until edge is golden brown.
- Cut into wedges, serve warm.
- Onion topping: melt margarine in skillet over medium-low heat.
- Cook onions and garlic in butter 15 to 20 minutes, stirring occasionally until onions are brown and caramelized.
FOCACCIA (BREAD MACHINE)
My family loves this bread & it is so easy to make. I serve it with Italian food. It is adapted from a recipe in Pizza, Focaccia, Flat, & Filled Breads From your Bread Machine. You may substitute herbs in the topping, or use fresh. The original recipe calls for a roasted vegetable topping, but I am going to post that as a separate recipe because the bread alone is great. (Cooking time includes rising times & will vary with your bread machine cycle).
Provided by Judy from Hawaii
Categories Yeast Breads
Time 3h
Yield 1 loaf
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Place the ingredients into the pan in the order recommended by your bread machine.
- Program the machine for "dough cycle".
- Check dough about 10 minutes before the end of the 2nd kneading cycle.
- It should be a smooth, sticky ball.
- Adjust if needed with more flour or water.
- When the machine has completed its cycle, transfer the dough to a lightly floured work surface.
- Roll or pat it into a large rectangle, about 17x12 inches.
- Transfer the dough onto a large, lightly greased cookie sheet.
- Let it rest 10 minutes then pat it back to its original shape if it has shrunk.
- Cover with a towel and let rise for about forty minutes or till puffy.
- Sprinkle the salt & herbs over the bread.
- Press into the dough at intervals with your fingers& sprinkle with the olive oil.
- Bake the focaccia in a preheated 425°F oven for 15 minutes or until the crust is golden brown.
- Remove from the oven & cool on a wire rack.
BREAD MACHINE FOCACCIA WITH SUN-DRIED TOMATO
This has been a staple in our house for years. Wonderful with a bowl of soup. Prep time includeds time in bread machine and rising times.
Provided by Rhonda_H
Categories Yeast Breads
Time 2h30m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Place water, flour, powdered milk, sugar, salt, butter or margarine, tomatoes, and yeast into bread machine in the order suggested by the manufacturer.
- Set to Dough cycle, and start the machine.
- Dough will be 1/2 pound.
- When the bread machine has finished the Dough cycle, take the dough out.
- Knead for 1 minute by hand.
- Place in an oiled bowl, and turn a few times to coat the surface of the dough.
- Cover with a damp cloth, and let rise for 15 minutes in a warm place.
- Dust a 10 x 15 inch baking tray with cornmeal.
- Roll out dough to fit the pan.
- Make indentations in the dough with your finger tips.
- Brush top surface with oil, and cover with a damp cloth.
- Allow to rise for 30 minutes.
- Sprinkle with parmesan, rosemary, garlic salt, and mozzarella.
- Bake at 400 degree F for 15 minutes, or until nicely browned.
- Cool slightly, and cut into squares for serving.
GARLIC ROSEMARY FOCACCIA FOR THE BREAD MACHINE
This is my favourite breadmachine recipe. It is so moist and flavourful. Although it is not a high rising bread, it makes great flat italian sandwiches. It is also good warm, served with butter and soup. You can use all white flour if desired, but for best results, follow the recipe. Prep time includes machine's time (your machine may vary)
Provided by danlynclark
Categories Yeast Breads
Time 2h24m
Yield 2 9inch round loaves
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Crush two of the garlic cloves and place it in your breadmachine pan along with the flours, milk, salt, water, 3 tbsp.
- Olive oil, honey, and yeast (according to your machine's instructions, some call for liquid ingredients first, other call for dry first) Place the bread pan inside the machine and close the lid.
- (I add some of the basil and rosemary at this point as well) Program bread maker for the whole wheat dough mode Turn dough onto floured surface (it is quite sticky, don't add more flour) Divide dough into two pieces and cover and let rest 10 minutes+.
- Crush the remaining garlic.
- In a small bowl combine garlic with herbs and remaining 1/4 cup oil.
- Add salt if desired.
- Oil two round cake pans.
- Place in dough.
- Brush dough with garlic oil.
- Bake in bottom third of preheated 400 oven for 18-24 minutes.
- Until golden brown.
FOCACCIA FLAT BREAD HOMEMADE (BREAD MACHINE)
My version of Italian flatbread, brushed with olive oil and flavored with grated Parmesan cheese, galic salt bread heavenly. Cut it into squares and top with Prosciutto Panino rolled in Mozzarella cheese and toasted under the broiler for 5 min.... oh my, this is dangerously good! It is so easy to make. Can't wait to have this with a bowl of soup or top with Pizza topping, or to just dip in garlic olive oil. This comes from a bread machine cookbook with instructions to layer ingredients liquid first. Yummers! :) Family Favorite! (Cooking time does not include dough cycle or rising)
Provided by Vseward Chef-V
Categories Yeast Breads
Time 17m
Yield 12-14 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- BREAD DOUGH CYCLE:.
- Add lukewarm water to pan.
- Add bread flour, dry milk, sugar and salt to pan. Tap pan to settle dry ingredients, then level ingredients, pushing some of the mixture into corners. Place butter into corners of pan.
- Make a well in center of dry ingredients; add yeast, lock pan into bread maker.
- Program for DOUGH. Start bread maker. When done, remove pan from bread maker. Place dough onto floured surface. Let rest 15 minutes.
- Knead dough about 1 minute. Roll dough into a rectangle to fit a jelly roll pan or large cookie sheet, about 15x10 inches. Place on greased pan and press dough evenly into pan forming an edge. Cover and let rise in warm, draft-free place for 20-30 minutes until slightly risen. With handle/end of wooden spoon, make indentations in dough at every inch. Brush dough with olive oil, then sprinkle with Parmesan cheese, Italian Seasoning (Grinder) and garlic salt.
- Bake in preheated 400' F oven for 12 minutes or until nicely browned. Cool slightly and cut into squares for serving. Can be served warm or cooled.
- Sit back and enjoy the raves ;).
RED ONION & SAGE FOCACCIA (BREAD MACHINE)
This comes from a great cookbook I've had for awhile, "Bread Machine, how to cook and prepare the perfect loaf" by Jennifer Shapter. This was the best focaccia I've ever had, and I can't wait to make it again. It tastes great with some lightly salted & peppered olive oil. NOTE: I used dried sage, and it came out just fine. Preparation time is the time it takes in the bread machine, plus rising time, plus time for prepping.
Provided by TexasKelly
Categories Yeast Breads
Time 2h20m
Yield 1 focaccia
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Pour the water and oil into the bread pan.
- Reverse the order in which you add the wet and dry ingredients if necessary.
- Sprinkle the flour over, ensuring that it covers the liquid.
- Add the salt and sugar in separate corners.
- Make a shallow indentation in the flour and add the yeast.
- Set the bread machine to the dough setting.
- If our machine has a choice of settings, use the basic or pizza dough setting.
- Press Start.
- Lightly oil a 10-11 inch shallow round cake pan or pizza pan.
- When the cycle has finished, remove the dough from the pan and place it on a surface lightly dusted with flour.
- Punch the dough down and flatten it slightly.
- Sprinkle over the sage and red onion and knead it gently to incorporate.
- Shape the dough into a ball, flatten it, then roll it into a round of about 10-11 inches.
- Place in the prepared pan.
- Cover with oiled plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place for 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 400°F Uncover the risen focaccia, and using your fingertips, poke the dough to make deep dimples over the surface.
- Cover and let rise for 10-15 minutes, or until the dough has doubled in bulk.
- Drizzle the olive oil over and sprinkle with the onion, sage leaves, sea salt and black pepper.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until golden.
- Turn out onto a wire rack to cool slightly.
- Serve warm.
BAKED " BREAD MACHINE" FOCACCIA WITH THE WORKS
I use my bread machine to do all the grunge of making the dough for this recipe. Keeps the kitchen clean too.
Provided by _Pixie_
Categories Yeast Breads
Time 2h20m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 23
Steps:
- Dough: Put the 1 1/2 cup water in the bread machine.
- Add the other ingredients in this order: sugar, salt, oil, flour, yeast, garlic powder, onion powder, oregano and black pepper.
- Place bread machine on dough setting and start.
- Note the amount of time your bread machine will take and set another timer for this amount (or do it manually, I use the timer on my microwave for for this).
- As soon as the dough forms a ball (several minutes) add the 3 tbsp lukewarm water.
- This amount of flour is more than most bread machines can handle, so check every 10 minutes when it is not actively mixing.
- If it's getting too high, just stop the dough cycle and restart it (this is why the other timer is needed).
- At the end of the time (on my machine it is 130 minutes) turn off the bread machine and remove the dough.
- Grease a large pizza pan (or a large rectangular cookie sheet with sides, or 2 small pizza pans) and turn the dough out on it (I usually put a bit of oil or cooking spray on my hands so It doesn't stick to me).
- Spread the dough evenly on the pan, making it higher on the edges of the pan for a crust.
- Cover with plastic wrap and let rise until double.
- About 15-20 minutes.
- Toppings: Brush the dough with olive oil and sprinkle with oregano and garlic powder.
- Add as many optional toppings as you wish (invent some if you wish).
- Sprinkle with parmesan.
- Bake until golden about 15-20 minutes at 350°F.
Tips:
- Use warm water for the best results. Warm water helps the yeast activate and rise properly, resulting in a light and fluffy focaccia bread.
- Add the ingredients in the correct order. The order in which you add the ingredients to the bread machine is important. First, add the wet ingredients, then the dry ingredients, and finally the yeast.
- Don't overfill the bread machine. The dough should not fill more than two-thirds of the bread machine pan. If it is too full, the dough will not be able to rise properly and the bread will be dense.
- Check the dough after the first kneading cycle. After the first kneading cycle, open the lid of the bread machine and check the dough. It should be smooth and elastic. If it is too dry, add a little bit of water. If it is too wet, add a little bit of flour.
- Let the bread cool before slicing. Once the bread is done baking, let it cool for at least 10 minutes before slicing. This will help the bread to set and prevent it from crumbling.
Conclusion:
Focaccia bread is a delicious and versatile bread that can be enjoyed in many different ways. It can be served as an appetizer, a side dish, or even a main course. With the help of a bread machine, focaccia bread is easy to make and can be enjoyed by people of all ages.
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