Cheese-Stuffed Focaccia
King Arthur Test Kitchen · kingarthurbaking.com · Original
Focacciainferred from the title
DietVegetarian. Not vegan: gorgonzola cheese or feta cheese, mozzarella cheese or provolone, king arthur pizza dough flavor.
Against 5,130 pizza recipes
Focaccia style, 67% hydration: wetter than 50% of the 1,480 doughs that parse, baked at 425°F, hotter than 35% of recipes that state an oven.
Focaccia (Italy (generic)): plain focaccia bread with no regional claim: high hydration, oiled sheet pan, dimpled, salt and rosemary; a bread, not a pizza
Tradition: 70 to 85% hydration (this recipe: 67%) · 425 to 475°F bake (this recipe: 425°F)
Baker's percentages
Every ingredient as a percentage of the flour weight (flour = 100%), the way bakers compare doughs across batch sizes.
Flour
420g
Water
283g
Hydration
67.4%
Salt
2.5%
Yeast
1.43%
Oil
8.6%
Sauce
n/a
Cheese
226g
Dough weight
756g
Process
Bake temp
425°F / 218°C
Bake time
30 to 35 min
Oven
home standard
Surface
stone
Bulk
2h
Ingredients (8)
- flourKing Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour3 1/2 cup · 420g
- yeastinstant yeast2 tsp · 6g
- salttable salt1 1/2 tsp · 9g
- oilolive oil2 tbsp · 25g
- waterwater1 1/4 cup · 283g
- cheese otherGorgonzola cheese or feta cheese1 cup · 113g
- cheese mozzarellamozzarella cheese or provolone1 cup · 113g
- saltflaky sea salt1/4 tsp · 1.5g
Toppings (3)
Position matters: under the cheese steams, over the cheese roasts, post-bake stays fresh.
- over cheeseKing Arthur Pizza Dough Flavor1 tbsp · 8g
- post bakefresh basil leaves1/2 cup · 21g
- over cheese1 to 2 teaspoons rosemary1 tsp · 4.2g
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