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focaccia

focaccia

4 3.5
A flat soft Italian bread baked with olive oil and herbs on top
  • noun
  • /fəˈkɑːtʃə/
: focaccia
  • For dinner, we enjoyed homemade focaccia topped with rosemary and sea salt.
  • focaccia bread
  • focaccia sandwich
  • loaf of focaccia

So it's, it's, it's a little lighter, fluffier, like a focaccia bread and with pizza topping on it.

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Examples

  • She served a warm loaf of focaccia alongside the soup, drizzled with olive oil.

  • Did we eat the focaccia?

  • The focaccia would be perfect for sandwiches.

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  • I recently made some focaccia, and the recipe said 2.5 tsp salt.

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  • They taste like a cross between focaccia and a green onion omelet.

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  • He compliments the pizza toppings and a few of the other dishes, like a "honking" ribeye that comes served atop a focaccia slab.

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  • You can't go wrong—that is, unless you bypass the bacon-wrapped chorizo-stuffed dates and focaccia with taleggio, ricotta, and truffle oil.

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  • The focaccia at this bakery is known for its crispy crust and soft, flavorful interior.

Synonyms

Italian bread
vsfocaccia
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A long crusty loaf of bread made with yeast, not sweet and with tapered ends

is flat and soft and baked with olive oil and herbs

Surface Forms

focaccia singular
focaccias plural

Etymology

Focaccia comes from the Latin word focus, which means 'hearth' or 'home fire'. Bakers used to cook this flat bread on the hearth, so the name stuck and today focaccia still means a flat, soft Italian bread often topped with olive oil and herbs.