Stuffed Cheese Focaccia Bread Recipe (2024)

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Stuffed cheese focaccia bread is a popular italian recipe. This soft olive oil soaked bread is filled with cheese and herbs which makes it super delicious like my rosemary focaccia

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Stuffed Cheese Focaccia Bread Recipe

I love making bread,specially breads which have lots of flavour like this one. This bread has a lovely fruity olive oil flavour in it. I topped it with herb and garlic butter and it turned out so good.

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How to Make Stuffed Cheese Focaccia

  • Take yeast and sugar in a bowl, add warm water and mix well. Set aside for 5 mins so it gets bubbly. Take flour, salt in a bowl and mix well. Add olive oil and mix well. Add the yeast mix and water and knead to a soft dough. Apply oil on top.
  • Now cover it and let it rise for 1 hour till it is doubled in size.
  • Heat olive oil in a pan, add garlic and fry for a min. Add onions and peppers and saute for 5 mins till it is cooked. Add in italian seasoning, salt and pepper and mix well. Set aside to cool.
  • Now grease a baking pan with olive oil.Take the dough and divide it in half.
  • Place one dough on baking pan, spread evenly on the baking pan. Spread the filling on top and sprinkle cheese over it. Sprinkle italian seasoning. Cover with other dough. Seal the edges.
  • Let it rise for 30 mins. During the last 10 mins of rising,Preheat oven to 200 degree C.
  • Now take the focaccia and press using your fingers to create small dimples.
  • Spoon the olive oil in the holes and sprinkle with italian seasoning. Pop this in oven andbake for 20 to 25 mins. Remove it and let it cool for 5 mins.
  • Cut into squares and serve.

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Stuffed Cheese Focaccia Bread

Soft olive oil soaked focaccia bread stuffed with cheese, herbs and baked to perfect. This stuffed focaccia bread is an italian classic which is too good to resist.

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Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes

Resting Time: 2 hours hours

Total Time: 2 hours hours 45 minutes minutes

Servings: 6 servings

Ingredients

  • All Purpose Flour / Maida - 2 cups + more
  • Dry Yeast - 2 tsp
  • Sugar - 1 tsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Olive Oil - 3 tblspn + 3 tblspn
  • Warm Water as needed
  • For Filling:
  • Olive Oil - 1 tblspn
  • Garlic - 3 cloves chopped
  • Onion- 1 sliced thinly
  • Bell Pepper - 1 sliced thinly
  • Mozzarella Cheese - 1 cup grated
  • Italian Seasoning - 1 tsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Black Pepper to taste

Instructions

  • Take yeast and sugar in a bowl, add warm water and mix well. Set aside for 5 mins so it gets bubbly.

  • Take flour, salt in a bowl and mix well. Add olive oil and mix well.

  • Add the yeast mix and water and knead to a soft dough.

  • Apply oil on top.

  • Now cover it and let it rise for 1 hour till it is doubled in size.

  • Heat olive oil in a pan, add garlic and fry for a min. Add onions and peppers and saute for 5 mins till it is cooked. Add in italian seasoning, salt and pepper and mix well. Set aside to cool.

  • Now grease a baking pan with olive oil.

  • Take the dough and divide it in half.

  • Place one dough on baking pan, spread evenly on the baking pan.

  • Spread the filling on top and sprinkle cheese over it. Sprinkle italian seasoning. Cover with other dough. Seal the edges.

  • Let it rise for 30 mins.

  • During the last 10 mins of rising, Preheat oven to 200 degree C.

  • Now take the focaccia and press using your fingers to create small dimples.

  • Spoon the olive oil in the holes and sprinkle with italian seasoning. Pop this in oven and bake for 20 to 25 mins.

  • Remove it and let it cool for 5 mins.

  • Cut into squares and serve.

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Stuffed Cheese Focaccia Step by Step

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Take yeast and sugar in a bowl
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add in little warm water and let it sit for 5 mins
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take flour in a bowl
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add salt
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mix well
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add in olive oil
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now the yeast is all foamy
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pour yeast mix in
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add enough water to knead to a soft dough
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now it is well kneaded
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apply some oil on top
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cover and leave to rise
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Now lets make the filling, heat some olive oil in a pan
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garlic and fry till golden
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add onions and bell peppers
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saute for a while
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now it has softened
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add some italian seasoning
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some salt
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and some pepper
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mix well
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now it is more than doubled in size
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punch out the air
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Divide it in half
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place one half on a oiled baking pan
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spread evenly
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do this with other half too
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on one spread dough, sprinkle onions and peppers
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top with cheese
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italian seasoning
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top with other half of the dough
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seal the edges, let it rise for 30 mins
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now use your fingers to create small holes
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like this
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spoon over olive oil and sprinkle with italian seasoning
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now bake them
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slice them and serve

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Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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  1. linnet pinto

    Hi, can you share the brand of dry yeast had by you?

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    • Aarthi

      I use my super market branded ones.

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