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    Home » Bread and Bun recipes

    Focaccia recipe (with red onion)

    Updated on June 9, 2022 by Raks Anand 45 Comments /

    onion focaccia

    When I posted homemade Pizza, Lavi told to try focaccia. Focaccia, if its new to you is nothing but flat bread.

    There are a whole lot of variations that can be done with the basic plain Focaccia.

    It can be as simple as plain with only flour, salt and oil or can be topped with onion (like this recipe I am sharing), rosemary, olives, cherry tomatoes, potatoes or sometimes even cheese.

    Which one is your favourite? Even the thickness and size can vary. If you are a beginner in baking, you can sure try this as its really a basic recipe to try😊.

    I took the recipe from a cookbook and have adapted and changed a lot to suit my taste. So the method may not be so authentic. Please excuse. 

    Focaccia recipe (With red onion)

    Recipe Cuisine: Continental  |  Recipe Category: Breakfast
    Prep Time: 30 mins    |  Cook time: 15 mins    |  Makes: 9 squares

    Ingredients

    Bread flour - 1 & ½ cup

    Instant yeast - ¾ tbsp

    Olive oil - 3 tblsp + as needed

    Warm water - ½ cup (+ more if needed)

    Sugar - ¼ tsp

    Salt (sea salt if possible) - As needed

    Onion - 1

    *You can replace bread flour with all purpose flour / Maida

    Method

    1. Place flour, yeast, 2 tblsp olive oil, sugar and ½ the salt in a large bowl. Mix thoroughly.
    flour

    2. Mix warm water and gather to make a non sticky dough. Knead well for 5 minutes to make it smooth. Grease the bowl and place the dough covered with a cling wrap. Set aside for 1 & ½ hours to let it rise.

    knead

    3. After 1 & ½ hour, the dough would have risen and punch it down again.

    knead

    4. Roll it to a thick flat bread in desired shape and place it over a lined, well greased baking tray. I used my rectangle baking tray.  Let it sit or another ½ hour. Meanwhile, Slice onion and mix it with a tblsp of oil.

    spread

    5. Till then (½ hour) the dough would have risen a little bit and now, make shallow dips using your finger as shown in the picture. Generously drizzle olive oil and spread the sliced onion and sprinkle salt over it.

    before baking

    6. Pre heat oven to 200o C and bake the bread for 15 – 18 minutes or until the focaccia freely moves in the baking sheet. Let it cool over a wire rack and cut it into squares to serve.

    focaccia

    Notes

    • Actually, the salt has to be added only as topping, and only a pinch in the dough. But to suit my taste, I added in the dough.
    • I tried cooking the onion first and then topping the focaccia and bake, it got burnt, so I recommend to add as such for baking.
    • Using any herb will yield a flavourful bread.
    • I made it as a whole single bread, but you can also make small round/ oval shaped breads for easy serving.
    • If you are using other yeasts such as fresh yeast or dry yeast(1 tblsp), then, dissolve the sugar and yeast in luke warm water and keep aside for few minutes. It should froth and rise, forming froth on the top like a beer mug. then mix this with the flour to make dough.

    Makes a wonderful soft and fluffy snack for your kids or for yourself! I had it with strawberry lemonade.

    onion focaccia

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. AparnaRajeshkumar

      July 04, 2013 at 7:45 am

      Wanted to try long time back 🙂 the taste is amazing 🙂 i tasted the stuffed foccia ! should i say its yummy!

      Reply
    2. ramya ganesh

      July 04, 2013 at 7:48 am

      Hi Rak's. I don't have bread flour. is it ok to make with maida.

      Reply
    3. Babitha costa

      July 04, 2013 at 7:54 am

      Great raji,i love to bake breads lot,but just trying,well made and presented.

      Reply
    4. Lavi Raj

      July 04, 2013 at 8:00 am

      Superb foccacia! Our favorite is tomato topped along with lots of oregano!
      Glad you remembered and tried it!

      Reply
    5. ramya

      July 04, 2013 at 8:07 am

      lovely foccacia, but I think 3rd& 4th row pictures are swapped.

      Reply
    6. Anupama Pasumarthy

      July 04, 2013 at 8:08 am

      Sounds great! What's bread flour made of? Is all-purpose flour a replacement?
      P.S. The pictures don't seem to be in the right sequence.

      Reply
    7. Feng Shui

      July 04, 2013 at 8:10 am

      Is maida a substitute for bread flour and pls tell me exactly what is bread flour.

      Reply
    8. Shama Nagarajan

      July 04, 2013 at 8:44 am

      too tempting...

      Reply
    9. Sowmya Sundararajan

      July 04, 2013 at 9:06 am

      Lovely bread Raji

      Reply
    10. Pavithra Lakshminarasimhan

      July 04, 2013 at 9:11 am

      very new one! btw, in step wise pics 5,6 & 7,8 are rearranged.. hope you don't mind, it is little confusing

      Reply
    11. Akila

      July 04, 2013 at 9:37 am

      Lovely focassia recipe...

      Reply
    12. JEYASHRI SURESH

      July 04, 2013 at 9:54 am

      They turned out perfect and i would love to have a bite . Nicely composed

      Reply
    13. Nivedhanams Sowmya

      July 04, 2013 at 9:57 am

      delicious!!! have come out perfectly!!!
      Sowmya

      Reply
    14. Raks anand

      July 04, 2013 at 9:59 am

      Yes sure you can try

      Reply
    15. Raks anand

      July 04, 2013 at 10:00 am

      Oops sorry will change it

      Reply
    16. Raks anand

      July 04, 2013 at 10:01 am

      Yeah mistake. Will change it thanks

      Reply
    17. Surkhab

      July 04, 2013 at 10:11 am

      Simple and Tasty treat and perfecttly baked. Looks amazing Rak's

      Reply
    18. Raks anand

      July 04, 2013 at 10:44 am

      Bread flour is nothing but more refined maida (all purpose flour). So you can sure replace it with all purpose flour.
      Thanks for noticing, changed now 🙂

      Reply
    19. Hari Chandana P

      July 04, 2013 at 10:46 am

      Looks absolutely tempting. yummy!!

      Reply
    20. Veena Theagarajan

      July 04, 2013 at 12:18 pm

      nicely done so tempting.. can I hv some ?

      Reply
    21. Priti S

      July 04, 2013 at 12:20 pm

      I like focaccia too and yours looks fab

      Reply
    22. dassana

      July 04, 2013 at 2:58 pm

      they look so good. i have been trying to get bread flour here. but still not found out where 🙁

      Reply
    23. Guru Wadhwa

      July 04, 2013 at 4:30 pm

      amazing they look tender, and gr8 share, and as always elegant clicks

      Reply
    24. Vimitha Anand

      July 04, 2013 at 6:16 pm

      Have to try this soon. nice one

      Reply
    25. Priya Suresh

      July 04, 2013 at 8:15 pm

      Well baked and extremely inviting focaccia..

      Reply
    26. Nancy Desai

      July 04, 2013 at 8:40 pm

      Hi!! Simply delicious recipe which I am going to try soon. However if I don't have instant yeast but plain old dry active yeast, any change of method as well as quantity that I should follow? Please advise. Which brand in India(Mumbai) specifically sells Instant yeast as well as Breadflour?

      Reply
    27. Raks anand

      July 05, 2013 at 12:10 am

      Updated under notes,last point...kindly refer that. thanks for asking.

      Reply
    28. Hamaree Rasoi

      July 05, 2013 at 4:15 am

      Foccacia looks simply awesome.
      Deepa

      Reply
    29. Anupama Pasumarthy

      July 05, 2013 at 1:16 pm

      Oh, good!
      Hey, your site is just SO AWESOME. Every time I need inspiration to cook, I come here and just scroll through the Recipe Index! <3 I recently started baking after seeing your recipes. Keep up the great work! And, I would love to see more international recipes! :]

      Reply
    30. Harini M

      July 05, 2013 at 2:50 pm

      Wonderful one :)While substituting bread flour with maida,shouldn't we be adding baking powder?,i am very interested in trying this 🙂

      Reply
    31. Sowmya D.S.L

      July 05, 2013 at 4:53 pm

      Foccacia looks yummy raks.. Bookmarking it.. Thanks for sharing 🙂
      And yea as usual lovely clicks !!

      Reply
    32. Asha Shivakumar

      July 05, 2013 at 7:30 pm

      Focaccia is one of our favorite bread. This looks good.

      Reply
    33. Gayathri Ramanan

      July 06, 2013 at 12:18 am

      focaccia looks so perfect and delicious

      Reply
    34. sujatha thamby

      July 06, 2013 at 12:56 pm

      hi raks,
      tried the recipe tweeked a little and added mixed herbs to the dough.great recipe.tnx

      Reply
    35. SHARMILEE J

      July 10, 2013 at 2:09 pm

      Looks great...perfect texture, lovely clicks!!

      Reply
    36. Preeti Kashyap

      July 11, 2013 at 11:04 am

      Soobar as usual raks!!! I love burnt onion...s maybe I will fry them like u did....

      Reply
    37. digitalstyle

      July 11, 2013 at 2:23 pm

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      Reply
    38. Supreetha Niranjan

      November 08, 2013 at 2:49 am

      Hi Raks, i am a new bee to your site, have tried Tomsto soup, rava idli, podi chutney... All came out very well.. but with Focaccia i faced few problems, my dried yeast dint proof, if you know a good brand for dried / instant yeast in India, please let me know. will be very helpful of you.

      Reply
    39. Supreetha Niranjan

      November 08, 2013 at 4:09 am

      This comment has been removed by the author.

      Reply
    40. sms

      February 26, 2014 at 2:53 pm

      only olive oil or we can use any other oil?

      Reply
    41. Raks anand

      February 26, 2014 at 2:59 pm

      Olive oil is the best for this recipe to give the flavor. In fact, they eat it dipped in olive oil!>

      Reply
    42. sreelakshmi sujit

      July 08, 2015 at 12:35 am

      Hi raks
      Pls mention the shelf life for focaccia

      Reply
    43. Raks anand

      July 08, 2015 at 12:44 am

      Only a day.

      Reply
    44. Naga Lakshmi

      February 17, 2018 at 11:55 pm

      Can we make it without yeast

      Reply
    45. Raks Kitchen

      February 19, 2018 at 4:41 am

      I haven't tried without yeast. It won't turn out good if you skip in this recipe.

      Reply

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