DISH RESEARCH · Bread
Focaccia barese
Also known as: Barese focaccia
Antonio Fiore’s selected focaccia barese raises a soft-wheat dough and tops it with crushed perini tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, Baresane olives and oregano. Olive oil coats the pan and dough surface before the bread bakes.
About Focaccia barese
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Antonio Fiore’s selected focaccia barese is a yeast-raised bread topped with crushed tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, Baresane olives and oregano. His bakery’s version uses soft-wheat flour and a tomato-rich surface shaped in a broad round pan.
Fresh yeast is dissolved in a portion of the measured water before joining the flour. Salt, the remaining water and sugar enter the dough, which is kneaded smooth and left to rise under a cloth.
The risen dough goes into a generously oiled pan and is pressed out by hand. More oil on the surface helps form the finger-made indentations as the dough spreads towards the edges.
Crushed perini tomatoes cover the bread, with halved cherry tomatoes arranged around them. Salt, Baresane olives and oregano finish the topping before another rise and a hot-oven bake.
The recipe offers the finished focaccia hot or lukewarm. Fiore’s version belongs to the Bari bakery setting described alongside the recipe, where focaccia accompanies snacks and informal meals across the day.
Ingredients in Focaccia barese
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- Tomatogarnish
- Black Olivesgarnish
- Tomatoestopping
- Saltseasoning
- Wheat flourbase
- Oreganoseasoning
Ingredient connections awaiting review. Versions and preparation vary.
Origins & food traditions
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- Cooking traditions
- Apulian-style
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