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Ciabatta vs Focaccia - What's the difference?

ciabatta | focaccia |

Focaccia is a coordinate term of ciabatta.



As nouns the difference between ciabatta and focaccia

is that ciabatta is a broad, flat, white Italian bread while focaccia is a flat bread similar in style, composition, and texture to modern pizza doughs and topped with herbs, cheese and other products. Focaccia typically consists of high-gluten flour, oil, water, sugar, salt and yeast.

ciabatta

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A broad, flat, white Italian bread.
  • * 2011 , Caroline Bretherton, Illustrated Step-by-Step Baking , page 426
  • Don't waste day-old ciabatta ; slice it and bake the slices to make crostini, which will keep for days and can be used for snacks, canapés, or croutons.

    Coordinate terms

    * (l)

    See also

    * (l) * (Ciabatta) ----

    focaccia

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) A flat bread similar in style, composition, and texture to modern pizza doughs and topped with herbs, cheese and other products. Focaccia typically consists of high-gluten flour, oil, water, sugar, salt and yeast.
  • * 2001 , Eve Zibart, The Ethnic Food Lover's Companion , page 47
  • The same dough can be used for bread, rolls, breadsticks, bruschetta, focaccia', calzone, or pizza. The only practical difference between pizza and '''focaccia''' is the thickness of the crust: Traditional pizza crust is thin, and something an inch or two thick is more like ' focaccia .
  • (countable) A sandwich made with this type of bread.
  • See also

    * (Focaccia) ----