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Make delicious homemade Italian bread easily and hassle free with this soft focaccia bread recipe!
A faboulus focaccia bread that is quick and simple to make. It will take your antipasto platter or homemade soup to the next level and make it that extra special. You will love this recipe!
Baking home made bread can be time consuming and is often put on the back burner, but baking delicious Italian flat focaccia bread doesn't take long and it's not hard.
You will be Pleasantly surprised how easy this recipe is to make!
For focaccia bread baking, less kneading is better and you can make this amazing soft, fluffy bread with only 10 minutes of hands on time.
The best news is that it's not complicated at all and I will explain in the next few minutes how to make easy no knead rosemary sea salt focaccia that is no fuss and taste amazing!
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What is Focaccia
Focaccia bread is one of the most popular Italian breads. It's flat with dimples on top, baked in a sheet pan and topped with olive oil, sea salt, herbs and sometimes other ingredients like garlic, olives or tomatoes. The bread is really soft and fluffy.
Read a brief history about focaccia bread here
Ingredients for fluffy focaccia bread
This rosemary sea salt focaccia only has a few ingredients. It's important to use good quality ingredients for best result
Flour - Strong bakers flour
yeast - dry
salt - sea salt or Himalayan rock salt
olive oil - extra virgin
Rosemary - Fresh is best
See recipe card for quantities.
How to make fluffy Focaccia bread
Focaccia is one of the easiest breads you can make. Because there is no kneading
- Measure flour, yeast and salt in a bowl.
- Add olive oil to the water and add it slowly to the flour while mixing until you have a slightly sticky dough. Once the dough is formed together leave it to rise for one hour. Don’t knead more than necessary.
- Grease a tray with olive oil and spread the dough onto it. Stretch it out to the edges of the tray then leave to rise for another hour.
- Press your fingers into the dough to make dimples
- pour over a mixture of olive oil, water, flaky sea salt and chopped rosemary.
- Bake in a hot oven for 20 minutes.
- While the bread is still hot drizzle over more olive oil
- cut in to squares once cooled.
Variations and different topping ideas
This recipe has sea salt olive oil and rosemary topping which is standard but you can also add different extras. Some common extra toppings are:
pitted olives - either sliced on op or folded through the dough
Garlic - Finely chopped
sliced onion
Sliced tomatoes
Cheese
Equipment
Sheet pan is essential
kitchen mixer is not necessary but very helpful
Kitchen scale
What to eat with Focaccia
- Focaccia is great simply dipped in olive oil and balsamic vinegar
- served with any other spread or dips
- excellent with any antipasto, cheese or meat platter
- make a sandwich by slicing it and add your filling of choice
- Served on the side of soups
Storage
In an airtight container or zip-lock bag in room temperature or fridge for 2-3 days.
Or freeze in an air tight bag for up to 3 months. See FAQ below for more details
Top Tips
- Don't over knead the dough. Only knead until all ingredients are incorporated to a slightly sticky dough
- When adding yeast and salt to the flour, add yeast to one end of the bowl and salt at the other end then mix together. This is to prevent the salt from killing the yeast.
FAQ
In an airtight container or ziplock bag with as much air as possible squeezed out of it. Room temperature is best unless the focaccia has fresh topping like cheese or sliced tomatoes. In that case refrigerator is best.
Yes, snap freeze then store in airtight freezer bags or vacuum sealed bags
Yes, after the first rise is best. Knock the air out of it then store in an airtight bag. Either shape it in to the final shape first or keep it as a ball then shape it once defrosted. Defrost the dough slowly when you are ready to use it.
Yes, this dairy free focaccia bread is suitable for a vegan diet
Related
Looking for other easy bread or cracker recipes? Try these:
Cheese and onion rolls and sunflower seed cracker for other great recipes.
Pairing
This fluffy focaccia recipe pairs perfectly with my:
creamy nettle soup and this roasted garlic cream soup
and with an antipasto platter together with my green tomato chili chutney
Focaccia bread is a crowd pleaser. Making Focaccia seems more complicated than it is. Impress your guests and serve this delicious homemade Italian bread that everyone will love!
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Fluffy Focaccia Bread
Ingredients
- 500 g Flour Strong bakers flour
- 7 g yeast dry
- 2 teaspoon salt sea salt or Himalayan rock salt
- 5 tablespoon olive oil extra virgin
- Rosemary Fresh is best
- 350 ml water luke warm
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 220C.
- Measure flour in a bowl.
- Add yeast to one end of the bowl and salt at the other end then mix together. This is to prevent the salt from killing the yeast.
- Add 2tbsp olive oil to the water and add it slowly to the flour while mixing until you have a slightly sticky dough. Once the dough is formed together leave it to rise for one hour. Don’t knead more than necessary.
- Grease a tray with olive oil and spread the dough onto it. Stretch it out to the edges of the tray then leave to rise for another hour.
- Press your fingers into the dough to make dimples then pour over a mixture of the remaining olive oil, 1tbsp water, flaky sea salt and chopped rosemary.
- Bake in the hot oven for 20 minutes.
- While the bread is still hot drizzle over 1-2 tablespoon of olive oil then cut in to squares once cooled.
Notes
- Don't over knead the dough. Only knead until all ingredients are incorporated to a slightly sticky dough
- When adding yeast and salt to the flour, add yeast to one end of the bowl and salt at the other end then mix together. This is to prevent the salt from killing the yeast.
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