Focaccia Pizza Recipe
thespruceeats.com · 2021 · Original
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DietVegetarian. Not vegan: honey, to 8 ounces fresh mozzarella cheese, to 4 tablespoons fresh grated parmesan cheese.
Against 5,130 pizza recipes
Focaccia style, 69% hydration: wetter than 52% of the 1,480 doughs that parse, baked at 450°F, hotter than 58% 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: 69%) · 425 to 475°F bake (this recipe: 450°F)
Baker's percentages
Every ingredient as a percentage of the flour weight (flour = 100%), the way bakers compare doughs across batch sizes.
Flour
344g
Water
237g
Hydration
68.9%
Salt
0.9%
Yeast
1.75%
Oil
26.4%
Sauce
150g
Cheese
227g
Dough weight
685g
Process
Bake temp
450°F / 232°C
Bake time
10 to 15 min
Oven
home standard
Surface
stone
Bulk
1h
Ingredients (10)
- waterwarm water1 cup · 237g
- sugarhoney1 tsp · 4.2g
- yeastactive dry yeast2 tsp · 6g
- flourall-purpose flour2 3/4 cup · 344g
- saltfine salt1/2 tsp · 3g
- oilolive oil6 tbsp · 81.6g
- sauce tomatopizza sauce3/4 cup · 150g
- cheese mozzarella6 to 8 ounces fresh mozzarella cheese6 oz · 227g
- sauce tomatocrushed red pepper flakes1/2 tsp
- cheese other3 to 4 tablespoons fresh grated Parmesan cheese3 tbsp
Toppings (2)
Position matters: under the cheese steams, over the cheese roasts, post-bake stays fresh.
- post bakeFresh ground black pepper
- over cheese2 dozen small basil leaves
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