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Fluffy Focaccia Bread

Focaccia bread sliced in to pieces. Stacked on top of each other

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Do you love cooking healthy fresh food from scratch? and baking for family and friends, but has a busy lifestyle which makes it hard to find time?

Then you will love this recipe! This easy soft focaccia bread recipe is so quick and simple to make. It will take your antipasto platter or homemade soup to the next level and make it that extra special.

Baking home made bread can be time consuming and is often put on the back burner.

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!

Close up of a whole golden brown Focaccia bread
Freshly cooked Focaccia bread

We all love eating freshly baked homemade bread but it takes time to make a nice bakery style bread at home. The most time consuming part is the kneading and for most bread recipes longer kneading gives a better result. However for focaccia bread baking, less kneading is better and you can bake 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 focaccia that is no fuss and taste amazing!

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

Focaccia bread topped with rosemary in a baking tray.
Focaccia bread in a sheet pan

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.

Ingredients

Fluffy focaccia bread 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

Equipment

Sheet pan is essential

kitchen mixer is not necessary but very helpful

Kitchen scale

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

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.

What to eat with Focaccia

  • Focaccia is great simply dipped in olive oil and balsamic
  • 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 as a side for soups
A bowl of pumpkin soup with sour cream in the middle. Sliced focaccia bread on the side
Pumpkin soup with freshly baked focaccia bread

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!

This fluffy focaccia recipe pairs perfectly with my creamy nettle soup and this roasted garlic cream soup

and with a cheese or meat board together with my green tomato chili chutney

Check out my easy sunflower seed cracker for another great recipe

What's your favorite bread recipe?

FAQ

Best way to store focaccia?

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.

Can you freeze focaccia?

Yes, snap freeze then store in airtight freezer bags or vacuum sealed bags

Can you freeze focaccia dough?

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.

Is Focaccia bread vegan?
Yes, this dairy free focaccia bread is suitable for a vegan diet

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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 140 mins
Rest Time 5 mins
Total Time 2 hrs 35 mins
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Difficulty: Beginner
Best Season: Suitable throughout the year
Description

This fantastic focaccia bread is soft, fluffy, delicious and easy to make

soft focaccia bread
    soft focaccia recipe
  • 500 g flour (High grade)
  • 7 g yeast (dry)
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 5 tbsp olive oil (extra virgin)
  • 350 ml water (warm)
  • sea salt (flaky)
  • rosemary
Instructions
    Soft fluffy focaccia recipe
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    Fluffy focaccia breadFocaccia bread topped with rosemary in a baking tray.
    • 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 tbsp of olive oil then cut in to squares once cooled.
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