The Best Focaccia Pizza (Fast!)

How to make focaccia pizza! This recipe makes a deliciously thick crust for all your favorite toppings – ready in just a few hours.

Oh hello, nice juicy crust and melty cheese. Here’s a new type of pizza to add to your repertoire: Focaccia pizza! It’s the polar opposite of Neapolitan pizza, with a thin, chewy crust. Instead, this pizza is built on focaccia bread: massively thick, chewy on the inside, and crunchy on the outside. It’s actually reminiscent of a Roman pizza you can get in the city today. This results in a huge baking tray, which is equivalent to three pizzas. Oh, and it will make your whole house smell like a pizzeria. (We know that from experience.) Ready to go?

Want a faster version? Try our Sheet Pan Pizza: you can make it in half the time!

How to Make Focaccia Pizza: An Overview

Focaccia pizza is a type of pizza where you bake homemade focaccia bread, then add toppings and bake it like a pizza. It’s actually similar to the Bonci-style pizza Alex and I had in Rome, although this style has a tangier crust. Why? Well, most focaccia pizza recipes call for making the dough ahead of time and letting it sit for 24 hours or more.

But for our spin we wanted one Focaccia pizza that you can prepare the same day (mainly because we hate to anticipate!). This counts as a fast Focaccia pizza: preparation takes just over 2 hours: no pre-planning needed! This recipe is great for weekends and days off, or anytime you’re working or babysitting at home. The downside to this quick version is that the crust is a little less bubbly than a traditional focaccia…but for us, it’s worth it. (Or make our BBQ pizza in half the time!) Here’s a breakdown of the schedule:

Make the dough	15 minutes active
Leave the dough to rest (proof 1)	45 minutes idle
Spread the dough on a baking sheet and let it rest	15 minutes idle
Let the dough rest again (proof 2)	1 hour idle
bake pizza	20 minutes

Make the dough: Weights are the most accurate

Here’s something to note about focaccia pizza dough. When preparing, measuring ingredients by weight is the most accurate! Why? The environment and the way you pack the measuring cups can affect the exact weight. Using a food scale is therefore the most accurate way to measure quantities when preparing something specific, such as dough.

• Do you need a food scale? Here’s the food scale we’re using. It’s also what we use for our morning coffee!
• You do not have ? Use the spoon and level method. Pour the dry ingredient into the measuring cup and level (instead of dipping the entire cup into the flour container).

The focaccia pizza crust requires two proofs!

What’s the trick to the best focaccia pizza crust? Two proofs. If you are an experienced baker (or at least the Britain’s largest baking fair), know that means letting the pizza dough rest. With sourdough, you let the bread dough rest after adding yeast to make it rise. The trick to getting a super thick, fluffy crust is to rest it twice. It’s the same method as our cast iron pizza pan.

Of course, if you were baking real focaccia bread, you would sit for 24 hours to get massive blisters. But we’re going for a pizza recipe of the day! If you prefer a super bubbly crust, this isn’t it.

Otherwise, making focaccia pizza is easy

So you have to wait 2 hours for your pizza dough to rise. But guess what? The rest of the process is much simpler than a traditional pizza? Why? You don’t have to worry about shaping a dough or using a pizza peel or pizza stone, which is what we do with our traditional method. Just toss it on the baking sheet and pop it in the oven. It’s cake! Pizza cake that is.

One final note: there is a specific method to make this sheet pan focaccia pizza:

• First bake the base without filling for 10 minutes. This is similar to baking focaccia bread! This will give it a nice crispy edge.
• Then cook with the toppings (another 10 minutes). Remove from the oven and add the toppings. Be careful as the pan will be hot at this point!

This recipe is 3 pizzas in 1!

Another advantage of this focaccia pizza: it is equivalent to 3 pizzas in 1! That means you don’t have to make separate pizzas for the family. Just prepare this baking sheet and it will be enough for everyone. You can also split the toppings, giving you a few different topping options. Talk about …

Focaccia pizza topping ideas

There are many ways to top a focaccia pizza! In the following recipe we have shared what we made. We used ours surprised Easy Pizza Sauce that we guarantee you will be obsessed with. Then we topped it with smoked mozzarella cheese And fresh mozzarella, an irresistible combination. (Try it! Let us know what you think). But if you prefer, go free or we have other ideas:

This focaccia pizza recipe is…

Vegetarian. Top with vegan pizza toppings for vegans.