OvernightClassic pan focaccia
Classic Italian Focaccia
A tall, olive-oil-rich focaccia with a crisp base and an open, tender crumb — the reference recipe everything else on this site builds from.
L’Italia della focaccia
Bake your way through Italy.
Every region has its focaccia — thin and golden in Liguria, soft with potato in Puglia, sweet with grapes in Tuscany. Explore the traditions and bake a faithful version in your own oven, with recipes that lead with flavor, not formulas.
Focaccia from Liguria, Puglia, Tuscany and beyond.
L’Italia della focaccia
There is no single focaccia
Genoa · Recco · Voltri
Liguria
The heartland of Italian focaccia — thin, golden, dimpled and generous with olive oil.
Bari · the south-east
Puglia
Soft, high-hydration focaccia enriched with potato and crowned with tomatoes and olives.
Florence · the hills
Tuscany
Schiacciata — a leaner, olive-oil-brushed cousin of focaccia, savory or sweet with grapes.
Focaccia senza confini
The dough is Italian. The table is global.
Focaccia’s dimpled, olive-oiled dough is one of baking’s great blank canvases. Explore recipes that borrow flavors from around the world — za’atar and olive, kimchi and scallion, elote, tandoori paneer — always honestly framed as inspiration, never mislabeled as another culture’s bread.
Explore world flavors- Mediterranean
- Europe
- The Americas
- South Asia
- East Asia
- Africa
- Pacific
- Sweet
Where to start
Classic Italian Focaccia
A tall, olive-oil-rich focaccia with a crisp base and an open, tender crumb — the reference recipe everything else on this site builds from.
A tender, olive-oil-rich reference focaccia — the recipe everything else builds from. Soft and airy inside, crisp and golden underneath.
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BBQ Chicken & Red Onion Focaccia (American-Inspired)
Smoky-sweet barbecue sauce, tender pre-cooked chicken and sharp red onion over a pillowy focaccia, with a little extra sauce brushed on after baking.
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Roasted Beetroot & Goat Cheese Focaccia (Australian-Inspired)
A modern Australian cafe favorite — earthy roasted beetroot and tangy goat cheese, added partway through the bake so the cheese stays creamy, on an airy focaccia.
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Berbere & Caramelized Onion Focaccia (Ethiopian-Inspired)
Warm, smoky Ethiopian berbere bloomed in olive oil over jammy caramelized onions — chili heat, fenugreek and cardamom on a tall, airy focaccia.
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Buffalo Chicken Focaccia (Game-Day, American-Inspired)
Tangy, buttery hot sauce and shredded chicken over a pillowy focaccia, finished with a cool blue-cheese or ranch drizzle — the flavor of buffalo wings, sliceable.
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Cheddar & Leek Focaccia (British-Inspired)
Softened sweet leeks and sharp mature cheddar melted over a golden focaccia — the comforting flavors of a British cheese-and-leek pie.
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Chermoula & Preserved Lemon Focaccia (Moroccan-Inspired)
A vivid Moroccan chermoula — cilantro, parsley, garlic, cumin and paprika — spooned over the crust after baking, with bright salty preserved lemon in the crumb.
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Chili Crisp & Garlic Confit Focaccia (Chinese-Inspired)
Mellow garlic confit baked into a tall focaccia, then finished with a glossy, crunchy spoonful of Chinese chili crisp for numbing-savory heat.
Same dayGlobal-inspired topped focaccia
Chimichurri & Roasted Pepper Focaccia (Argentine-Inspired)
Sweet roasted peppers baked into a soft focaccia, then flooded with raw Argentine chimichurri — garlic, parsley, oregano, and red-wine vinegar — the moment it comes out of the oven.
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Chorizo, Potato & Pickled Onion Focaccia (Mexican-Inspired)
Crumbles of spiced Mexican chorizo and thin potato baked into a rich focaccia, then finished with sharp pink pickled red onion — the taco-de-papa-con-chorizo craving in bread form.
Same daySweet-savory sheet-pan focaccia
Date, Sesame & Orange-Blossom Focaccia (North African / Middle Eastern-Inspired)
Sweet-savory focaccia with jammy dates, toasted sesame and a floral orange-blossom syrup — the perfume of North African and Middle Eastern sweets on an airy crumb.
Same dayRoasted-vegetable-and-spice focaccia
Dukkah & Roasted Carrot Focaccia (Egyptian-Inspired)
Sweet, caramelized roasted carrots on a soft focaccia, finished with a crunchy shower of Egyptian dukkah — toasted hazelnuts, sesame, coriander and cumin.
Same dayGlobal-inspired sweet dessert focaccia
Dulce de Leche & Sea Salt Focaccia (Latin American-Inspired, Sweet)
A soft, lightly sweet dessert focaccia swirled with warm dulce de leche and finished with flaky sea salt — caramel and salt over a pillowy crumb.
Cornerstone
Focaccia pizza
A tall, airy sheet-pan pizza on a focaccia base — crisp-fried bottom, open crumb, a bright raw-tomato top. From classic margherita to potato and white pies.
Ingredienti
The Italian pantry
Great focaccia is mostly great ingredients handled simply — the right flour, olive oil you love the taste of, good salt, ripe tomatoes. Here’s what to buy and how to use it.
Explore the pantry- Olive oil
- Flour
- Tomatoes
- Sea salt
- Rosemary
- Olives
- Cheese
- Yeast
Helpful tools
When you want the numbers
For readers who like precision, our free tools do the baker’s math — hydration and scaling to any pan. Optional, never in the way of the recipe.
Worked example
80%
hydration
- Flour500 g
- Water400 g
- Salt (2%)10 g
- Oil (8%)40 g