Focaccia Focaccia Focaccia () is a flat oven-baked Italian bread product similar in style and texture to pizza doughs. Focaccia can be used as a side to many meals or as sandwich bread. "Focaccia al rosmarino" (focaccia with rosemary) is a common focaccia style in Italian cuisine that may be served as an antipasto, appetizer, table bread, or snack. Focaccia is similar to the Greek flatbread Lagana. In Ancient Rome, "panis focacius" was a flat bread baked on the hearth. The word is derived from the Latin "focus" meaning "hearth, place for baking." The basic recipe is thought by some to
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