15 Fantasticly Flavorful Vegan Focaccia Recipes – One Green Planet

Sometimes described as ‘Italian flatbread’, focaccia, in reality, is a delicious, fluffy bready that poofs up to about an inch thick!

This leavened bread is oven-baked and can be served as a side dish or as sandwich bread. It is usually slightly crusty on the top and bottom and can be flavored with all kinds of goodies such as sundried tomatoes, rosemary, and olives.

It’s kind of like having a delicious pizza base without all the messy toppings. You can add those later! Though let’s be honest, focaccia pizza is pretty amazing!

Here are 15 fabulously creative focaccia recipes for you to experiment with and enjoy with your next Italian-inspired dinner.

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1. Focaccia di Genova

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This recipe for focaccia comes from Genova and it’s absolutely lovely. A toasty and crispy flatbread whose characteristic is the amazing use of an emulsion of water, olive oil, and salt that is poured right before the final rise. This Focaccia di Genova by Mike Benayoun will transport you to the countryside of Italy with a single bite.

2. Focaccia With Roma Tomatoes and Onions

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This is a really easy vegan focaccia bread to make using only 4 simple ingredients – Roma tomatoes, onions, rosemary, and olive oil. The bread is soft and pillowy. The olive oil makes all the difference in the world with this Focaccia With Roma Tomatoes and Onions by Karielyn Tillman as it makes the crust extra crispy.

3. Olive and Tomato Focaccia Bread

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Focaccia is a flat oven-baked Italian bread. Usually served as an appetizer, snack, or great for soup-dipping. Like a homemade pizza, you can top your focaccia with all your favorite toppings. The mix of salty olives with sweet and juicy cherry tomatoes and of course a lot of fresh rosemary in this Olive and Tomato Focaccia Bread by Fabio Gallo is the perfect, traditional Italian combination!

4. Focaccia With a Salty Top

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This is such an easy recipe with such rewarding results. This Focaccia With a Salty Top by Rosie Daykin is perfect to serve as a simple appetizer with some olives and charcuterie, or alongside a big bowl of your favorite soup!

5. Focaccia Pizza

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This Focaccia Pizza by Dominique Ebra melds the pillowy-soft taste of focaccia and the deliciousness of pizza, all in one!

6. Olive Focaccia

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You may know focaccia as the bread with the dimples. It’s similar to pizza with a few toppings…but not too many. The outside of this Olive Focaccia by Lydia Filgueras is crunchy and the inside is a bit chewy with lots of irregularly shaped holes.

7. Pizza Burger on Focaccia

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This Pizza Burger on Focaccia by Zsu Dever is a sausage-style patty, simmered in tomato sauce, smothered in vegan cheese, and served between two pieces of fresh focaccia. Tempeh and vital wheat gluten give this burger its amazing meaty texture that’s sure to satisfy everyone. Once you serve them, they’ll disappear in an instant.

8. Focaccia With Fresh Herbs

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This Focaccia With Fresh Herbs by Petra Vogel is topped with cherry tomatoes, corn, paprika, coarse salt, and aromatic herbs. If you don’t know, focaccia is a type of flat Italian oven-baked bread, usually made with olive oil, herbs, and spices. Making focaccia is almost no different from making any other bread, but you add some olive oil to the dough and the toppings of your choice on top.

9. Rosemary Black Pepper Focaccia

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Hello, bread lovers! Did you know it’s super easy to make your own crispy at the edges and fluffy in the middle focaccia? It’s true! Basically, it’s a simple yeast dough that’s been flattened out, dimpled, and topped with herbs and whatever else your heart desires. The combination of fresh rosemary and black pepper gives this Rosemary Black Pepper Focaccia by Abby Thompson a hearty and fall-like taste. It’s perfect for pairing with soup or spreading with vegan butter and eating alone.

10. Oat and Quinoa Focaccia Bread

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This Oat and Quinoa Focaccia Bread by Sirke Reivo will bring the rustic flavors of the Italian countryside to your kitchen. The airy dough is punctured before baking so that the olive oil and fresh herbs can permeate the bread. While this recipe is for focaccia, it also works as a great base for pizza crust.

11. Spelt Focaccia With Rosemary Za’atar

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There’s something special about making your own bread; the time and attention put into creating something delicious is worthy of celebration but also fitting as a special treat for just a handful of people. This Spelt Focaccia With Rosemary Za’atar by Jodi Kay makes a great party snack served with a bowl of extra virgin olive oil for dunking or as a main meal with a big side salad. Best fresh out of the oven, but leftovers can be re-heated or toasted within a few days of baking.

12. Sun-Dried Tomato, Garlic, and Rosemary Focaccia

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Focaccia is an Italian oil-based bread that is usually flat and square-shaped. This Sun-Dried Tomato, Garlic, and Rosemary Focaccia by Holly Jade is infused with rosemary, garlic, and juicy sun-dried tomatoes with salt and pepper to taste and a light sprinkle of vegan parmesan cheese. People find making dough and bread hard, but this recipe is foolproof. All you have to worry about is what flavor you want your focaccia!

13. Rosemary Purple Potato Focaccia

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Bread is one of life’s greatest pleasures — and this Rosemary Purple Potato Focaccia by Alicja Rokicka tops that. It is perfectly crisp on the outside, but light, fluffy, and moist on the inside. Thinly sliced purple potatoes with fresh rosemary and salt are sprinkled over the top just before it bakes in the oven. Have this focaccia for lunch, dinner, or even breakfast, paired with your favorite cup of coffee.

14. Red Onion Focaccia

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Nothing beats tender, delicious focaccia straight from the oven. This wonderful Red Onion Focaccia by Kimberly Espinel is made from a blend of flour made from the ancient grain spelt and bread flour. Using spelt gives it a slightly nutty flavor and rustic texture that will transport you to the Italian countryside. It’s topped with red onion and spicy arugula, making it the perfect appetizer for any spring meal.

15. Tomato and Potato Focaccia

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To prepare this soft Tomato and Potato Focaccia by Simona Malerba is simple; you just need the patience to wait for the leavening and the courage to turn on the oven. It is made from a mix of whole wheat flour and potatoes, yet it has the moist, fluffy consistency of the typical focaccia made with semolina flour. Halved cherry tomatoes are baked on top to add juicy bites of flavor throughout.

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