Delicious Margherita Focaccia Bread
Margherita focaccia bread is created from scratch and baked with cherry tomatoes, mozzarella, parmesan, and basil on top of a tomato-based sauce. Another tasty way to savor the Italian bread is to try my Focaccia Pepperoni Pizza.
Margherita Focaccia Bread
Ingredients
Dough
- 1 Cup Warm water
- 1 Teaspoon active dry yeast
- 2 Tbsp Granulated sugar
- ⅓ cup olive oil
- 1 Teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 2 Teaspoons garlic, minced
- 1 Teaspoon kosher salt
- 2½ Cups (312.5g) all-purpose flour
Sauce
- 2 Teaspoons garlic, minced
- 18-20 Cherry tomatoes
- 2 Tbsp Olive oil
- 1 Teaspoon granulated sugar
- 1 Teaspoon balsamic vinegar
- 1 Teaspoon salt
- ⅛ Teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Toppings
- ¼ Cup Loosely packed fresh basil leaves, sliced into ribbons
- 8 Ounce Fresh mozzarella cheese, sliced and divided
- ¼ Cup Grated Parmesan cheese, divided
- 12 Cherry tomatoes, sliced
Instructions
Dough
- Mix the sugar, water, and yeast in a big basin. Let it rest for five minutes after stirring.
- Add the garlic, salt, Italian seasoning, and olive oil to a small bowl.
- Fill the yeast mixture with half of the oil mixture. Put the rest of the oil aside.
- Stir the flour into the mixture.
- Place the dough in a bowl that has been oiled, then cover it with a tea towel. The dough should double in size after an hour of rest.
Sauce
- Make the sauce while the dough is rising. In a food processor bowl, combine the garlic, tomatoes, olive oil, sugar, vinegar, salt, and pepper; pulse until the mixture achieves the consistency you want. Put aside.
Assembly
- Turn the oven on to 450°F.
- Transfer the leftover oil mixture to a 9 x 11-inch baking dish. Brush the pan with a pastry brush.
- Work the dough to the edges after adding it to the pan. Press your fingers into the dough to make dimples.
- Place in the oven and bake for 12 minutes, or until golden brown on top.
- Take out of the oven, then add the sauce, sliced tomatoes, mozzarella, parmesan cheese, and basil leaves.
- Bake for a further 10 to 12 minutes, or until the cheese is bubbling and heated. Warm up and serve.
Bread with Margherita Focaccia
Red sauce, mozzarella cheese, and green basil leaves are the ingredients of pizza Margherita, often known as Margherita pizza. The components’ hues represent the Italian flag’s red, white, and green. Therefore, using Italian bread, such as focaccia bread, for the crust in this recipe for Margherita focaccia bread makes sense.
Ingredients for Margherita Focaccia Bread
This recipe consists of three components: the sauce, the toppings, and the focaccia bread.
Focaccia Bread: This recipe begins with the focaccia bread. The classic Margherita pizza ingredients are placed on top of a soft, thick crust.
Sauce: This homemade tomato-based sauce, both the sauce and the topping, contains cherry tomatoes.
Toppers: Remember to use the colors red, white, and green in this pizza. This will add more cherry tomatoes, mozzarella, parmesan, and basil cheeses.
Dough for Focaccia Bread
The first step in making Margherita Focaccia Bread is to prepare the dough. Combine the sugar, water, and yeast in a large bowl. After combining all of this, let it sit for five minutes. While that is resting, mix the salt, garlic, Italian seasoning, and olive oil in a small bowl.
Set aside half of the olive oil mixture for later use and add the other half to the yeast mixture. Place the dough in an oiled basin and stir in the flour. Cover it with a tea towel for approximately one hour or until it has doubled in size.
How to Prepare the Sauce
Prepare the sauce while the bread dough is rising. Grab a blender or food processor to make the sauce. Add the cherry tomatoes, sugar, balsamic vinegar, garlic, olive oil, salt, and pepper to the food processor. Pulse until the sauce is the desired consistency. As the dough rises further, set it aside.
Prepareing Of Margherita Focaccia Bread
First, once the bread dough has risen, fill the bottom of a 9 x 11-inch baking dish with the remaining olive oil mixture. (The bread will be thinner if you use a 9 x 13-inch baking dish.) The dough should then be added to the dish and pressed out to the sides.
Use your fingers to make indentations in the dough. Do not apply a lot of pressure. Bake the bread crust at 450°F for 12 minutes.
Once the bread has baked for 12 minutes, remove it from the oven and garnish it with the toppings. Spread the sauce over the bread, then add the sliced cherry tomatoes, mozzarella, parmesan, and basil leaves. Return the bread to the oven and bake it for a further 10 to 12 minutes or until the cheese is bubbling and heated. Warm up and serve.
Different Ways to Prepare Margherita Focaccia Bread
If you would prefer not to bake the pizza in a conventional oven, a convection oven or even an air fryer (if large enough) can be used. As if you were baking the pizza in the oven, follow the directions. For each, use the same baking time and temperature. As a result, the focaccia bread will be less soft and fluffy, and the crust will get crispier.
KitchenAid 12-inch Compact Convection Countertop Oven – Stainless Steel
Nuwave Brio 15.5Qt Air Fryer Rotisserie Oven, X-Large Family Size, Powerful 1800W,
Another excellent technique for preparing this Margherita focaccia bread is to use an oven-safe skillet. Cast iron is the best. Use a 12-inch skillet and prepare according to the directions.