Cherry tomato focaccia

Name: Cherry tomato focaccia
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 persons
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 400 gram all-purpose flour + extra; pinch of salt; 15 gram fresh yeast (or 7 gram instant yeast); 1 teaspoon sugar; 75 ml lukewarm water; 65 ml olive oil + extra (or use oil from the jar sun-dried tomatoes); 4 sun-dried tomatoes; 7-8 cherry tomatoes; small handful of coarse salt

Italian bread has so much flavors, while eating cherry tomato focaccia you could easily image yourself being in Italy. Recipe for 1 loaf.

Recipe cherry tomato focaccia

Made by Véronique

Published at 2016-03-18, this recipe is for 4 persons and takes 40 minutes.

Founder of Ohmydish (since 2014), she prefers to spend all day in the kitchen. Once working in the hospitality industry as an independent chef, she loves helping you gain confidence in the kitchen. With her easy-to-follow recipes, handy tips, and cooking knowledge, you'll make the most delicious dishes yourself! The recipes are accessible to everyone, from beginners to advanced home cooks.

Updated at: 2025-07-19

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Preparation time

20 minutes

Time cooking

20 minutes

Total time

40 minutes

Preparation – 20 minutes + waiting time

First, we need the yeast to get active. Combine yeast, lukewarm water and sugar in a small bowl and whisk well. Wait about 10 minutes, you'll notice the mixture will become foamy. Sift the flour into the large bowl of your stand mixer, or on your work surface.

Add a pinch of salt and combine them. Add olive oil to the yeast mixture and slowly pour the yeast and oil mixture little by little into the flour while your mixing at medium speed. Keep on mixing until the dough ball forms.

Cover the dough ball with a damp kitchen towel and set in a warm place for an hour, or until the dough has doubled in size. Finely chop the sun-dried tomatoes and mix with the dough ball.

Flatten the dough ball and create holes with your finger for the cherry tomatoes. Press the cherry tomatoes in the holes and cover them with a damp kitchen towel.

Let it rise half an hour, or until again doubled in size. Meanwhile, pre heat the oven to a temperature of 200 degrees celsius or 390 degrees fahrenheit.

Baking the cherry tomato focaccia – 20 minutes

Bake the focaccia for about 20 minutes, depending on your oven. The bread should have a lovely golden brown colour. Drizzle with olive oil and finish the bread with coarse salt.

Slice the bread into any shape you like and enjoy this delicious cherry tomato focaccia.