Sourdough Dill Pickle Cheddar Focaccia Bread
The Pantry Mama · pantrymama.com · 2025 · Original
Focacciainferred from the title
DietVegetarian. Not vegan: cheddar cheese.
Against 5,130 pizza recipes
Focaccia style, 80% hydration: wetter than 82% of the 1,480 doughs that parse, baked at 390°F, hotter than 16% 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: 80%) · 425 to 475°F bake (this recipe: 390°F)
Baker's percentages
Every ingredient as a percentage of the flour weight (flour = 100%), the way bakers compare doughs across batch sizes.
Flour
500g
Water
400g
Hydration
80.0%
Salt
4.0%
Yeast
n/a
Oil
6.0%
Sauce
n/a
Cheese
200g
Dough weight
1050g
Process
Bake temp
390°F / 199°C
Bake time
30 min
Oven
home standard
Surface
stone
Ingredients (7)
- yeastSourdough starter100g
- waterWater400g
- flourBread Flour500g
- saltSalt10g
- oilOlive Oil30g
- saltSea Salt10g
- cheese otherCheddar Cheese )200g
Toppings (3)
Position matters: under the cheese steams, over the cheese roasts, post-bake stays fresh.
- over cheeseDill Pickles )125g
- over cheesePickle Juice20g
- post bakeDill Weed )
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