How Traditional Italian Focaccia Bread Is Made In Genoa, Italy | Regional Eats
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- Опубликовано: 7 июл 2020
- Warm, fluffy, olive oil drenched focaccia is the signature bread of Genoa, on the Italia Riviera. Focaccia here is eaten at pretty much any time of the day: as a starter, a main, a snack, and even for dessert. Despite being a quick eat, making focaccia is far from a speedy process. It requires long leavening times between each step which range between 10 minutes and two hours. We take you to one of the oldest bakeries in Genoa, Antico Forno della Casana, where experienced baker Ivan Sacchi shares his tips for making the perfect Genovese focaccia.
Editor's note: This footage was filmed on February 20, 2020.
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How Traditional Italian Focaccia Bread Is Made In Genoa, Italy | Regional Eats
Finally someone fed the camera person.
Appreciate the camera person
Yes appreciate the camera person
Appreciate the camera person
Appreciate the camera person
Yup! The camera person finally got some foood!
I love the last scene when the baker gave the bread to the camera man with a smile that was so wholesome to watch.
Camera man appreciation
A lovely, thoughtful man! How genuine and polite.
My favourite scene too
WOAW WOAW WOAW, It's NOT BREAD!
He was problly eyes wide open staring. Licking lips. Drooling the whole time. The bakers like okok i get it. Eat
The baker feels like he is nice but also really really serious with his craft. Its nice.
Every baker is serious with their own creation.
Every successful craftsmen is really really serious about their craft. You make it seem like "not nice" is the default personality of most craftsmen.
Focus level Infinity!
I was raised in the bakery business, my dad,grandpa and two uncles were bakers and I enjoyed watching them. Now I love to see other people learn the art of baking and cooking. I do alot of baking and cooking too! My grandkids and rest of the family enjoy my doing it so I'll keep doing it, we have a large polish family. Gerry Smagacz 01/06/21
yeah he has a character right there
*we need more camera man getting experience with whatever food they’re eating*
It is not whatever food it is FOCACCIA
vsn_Skill3r sorry for the confusion, I’m saying this like in general
Yep, just like Buzzfeed's Worth It
*men
@@crystallau3295 man****
Ivan’s smile when he offers focaccio to the cameraperson 🥰
*focaccia
Esta e per te🥰
A great gesture, and it looks like he is offering focaccia to the watcher... so wholesome 🥰
Ao cazzo è focaccio, se dice focaccia.
So handsome right!
I thought I never liked focaccia. Now I realise that I've never eaten focaccia.
Delicious focaccia, with the olive oil and flake salt fresh out the oven, impossible to dislike
1 thing tho. You need to distinguish roman focaccia, focaccia alla genovese and the focaccia of the south.
So glad to hear this. Love from Italy❤
@@amirriahi8099 yep. But every type of focaccia is delicious
The thing with Italian food is with how simple the food is, the quality each ingredient makes a huge difference. Even if you get the perfect techniques without the same quality of products you can't reproduce the same taste.
Such a sweet kind man! He even gave the camera man his bread with both hands with a smile. that made me tear up a bit, such a precious gesture.
And being him a Genoese it's even more remarkable
Not is bread mate
This is Focaccia
When he did this I felt warm all over. It was like he was giving the focaccia to me
When he gave bread to the camera man... 🥰
Focaccia*
@@pythonisa79 You wasted your teacher's time.
His face! that guy is so wholesome
@@elehcim6384 Focaccia is a type of bread
@@Pughhead no
I hope his business is flourishing even in these times. Such a nice man
Well, I just visited his shop in Genova. They're still open! You should try their focaccia.
Most certainly! Italy has been through a LOT worse than this...hundreds of times.
I know that Forno: still thriving, don't worry. It's one of the "go-to" places in the area.
Ivan: The production process is completely different from bread.
Claudia: its not bread
Title: Focaccia bread
It's totally just bread with olive oil in it.
It is 100% bread... Saying this is not bread is completely insane. there is literally 0 reasons for saying this isn't bread.. it's made with flour, water, yeast, and it's baked.. like every single piece of bread... The literal definition of bread.. so yeah these people are insane.
Obviously it's not bread. It's completely different in the making and in taste. Instead of speaking out of ignorance go there and taste it, then you will know.
@@markpas3573 sourdough doesnt taste like white bread which doesn't taste like whole wheat bread which doesn't taste like pizza dough..I could go on and on.. Sorry but it's bread... Yes it is made different.. all bread is made different... It is the literal definition of bread...
@@markpas3573 - Tortilla, pita, naan, focaccia, sourdough, brioche, etc., are all different kinds of bread and not one of them tastes like another. Unless you're going to say "it's not bread... it's bread product! Just like American cheese isn't cheese but cheese product."
I like how this baker actually took the time to teach, explain, and tell his techniques without sounding standoffish and arrogant
I am Italian, I am 41, I eat focaccia since when I was 2, and now in this video I have learned the right position to eat focaccia. 12:20.
Did u eat focaccia with bowl of coffee in morning, I sure did. Best ever
@@billyshields4167 you're not a real Ligure if u never dipped focaccia in capuccino
@@ilsultanoferjid4359 I had coffee in a bowl to put my focaccia in for breakfast for years. Can't get any better, much love
@@billyshields4167 Are you English or American? Because you seem to have no taste at all
“It’s her who is the boss, not me...” *CLASSIC*
Hahahaha
No truer words were said by any bread baker.
You can see how Italians obsess with their food. The effort, time and appreciation for the food are more important than other things in their life.
Food is one of the most important things in our life. Healthy food = healthy mind = healthy body = excelling in art, science, philosophy, music, sport, fashion, food...
That's fine until you realize everyone else on the godamn earth does that
Yeah...claiming that bread isn't really a bread...only someone "obsessed" or possessed can claim... 🤦🏽♀️😏
@@artysplash5969 Or maybe someone that doesn't have an idea what is bread claim that focaccia is bread
We just want to be professional with our food, so we are serious about it, but there are more important things in life.
P.S. Focaccia is NOT bread. You know nothing.
This is why Italy is so great: even the simplest food is treated with such care that it seems incredible!
call it simple 😭 it is so hard to replicate
@@wellaciccio2362apparently simple...
Me: Focaccia is just bread
Ivan: So you have chosen....death!
Every summer in my holidays in Liguria, (the region where Genoa is located) at the 02:00 AM when the baker start to produce for the morning after , buy a Piece of Focaccia just out from the oven from the back door, best thing ever
Claudio Romeo what bakery do you go to?
On my way to school I would stop at bakery and get focaccia and bowl of coffee to dip it in, doesn't get any better
Every italian artisan cooks : "it depends on today's weather"
Course it does! Humidity can be a real hard thing to work around when it comes to baking since dough has to be at an optimal hydration level for different types of breads/pastries.
The smile and the way he offer the Focaccia to the cameraman is heartwarming 🔥❤️
Leave it to the Italians to feed not only the interviewer but the cameraman as well. Wholesome video. I love this
He is so gentleman, so warm.
The moment he gave Focaccia to the cameraman I cried 😭
I swear he's the purest man alive!!😭😭😭so caringgg😭😭😭😭
The Baker is kind and has a good heart giving the cameraman with a Focaccia and a genuine smile.... Amore Italia 👍❤😘
Focaccia is not only like that. Everyone has his favorite: hard crost and tall, soft, thin, oily....
I am so happy that this channel has a video about this beauty in my city :)
Ya know I'm always gonna call it the crost now.
Recco focaccia ! Focaccia with cheese inside .... amazing
I like soft, oily and spongy
Yes true! Anca con cipolle! 🥰
@@silversurfer6360 that's a whole different planet, and it is truly amazing. It's easier to make than normal focaccia: my brother learned from the baker of the best foccaccia place in Recco and he makes it at home. It tastes exactly the same.
12:46 omg the kindest smile ever. 🥰
you cant help but smile when he gave the cameraman the focaccia!
Italian - What a superior language. Every word has emotions baked within.
Mera lauds
That man is really gentle and kind!
I felt bad for him when she said that it was basically bread, he was clearly insulted. :(
It’s good to finally appreciate the camera person at the end!
Oh man the memories this brought back. I lived and worked in a hostel in Genoa, Italy for a few months many years ago. Every morning i would go to the local bakery to pick up a couple different focaccias for the light breakfast spread we would put out for the guests every morning. I absolutely LOVEDDDD Genoa. So much history and delicious food there
Girl: throwing salt doesnt really bring good luck!
Baker: No, No. THIS salt brings good luck 🤣
I loved this
Baker low-key just macking on this chick with his passion for baking
im from genova and focaccia is really something that you can eat in every moment of the day... there is no best thing that waking up and finding in the kitchen some slides of focaccia or going to the sea and bring with you focaccia as lunch or even if you are hungry you can buy for only €1 a slide of focaccia that will feed you until your stomach is empty
In Genova you can find another delicious local food, similar to focaccia: the farinata. That is made with chickpeas flour, water oil and salt.
Explain pls
12:44 !!!! Thats so sweet lol. He seemed so proud
Love how he told her to eat it with the oil side down!
I LOVE getting professional tips from Maestro. I didn't add malt to my dough so I'll try that. My focaccia always grows 3 times as tall when baked even though my dough is very thin in the baking pan. I only use EVOO so now I'll mix with water and salt. I bake a 9x13 pan every 2-3 days. We love to nibble on focaccia all day, we're from Tuscany. Thank you for sharing. Amazing.
I tried to replicate the recipe today! It was delicious!!! My dough was stiffer than his, i’m assuming the proportion of the sourdough and oil I didn’t get right. I didn’t get a thin layer, I think i’ll use 470g final dough for the home style sheet pan (also called half sheet pan).
Tommy Salami i’m assuming 00 is the default in italy
God bless the baker and keep him smiling
Host is able to speak Italian French and English is what I know. God knows how many languages she knows
Also Spanish
@@conradosimon5911 well she is something to admire about
@@tejas8719 just like in India where there is your mother tongue, state language, Hindi, and of course English
@@amarns2984 All those languages are VERY similar. I can speak French and if an Italian or Spanish person speak very slowly I can understand quite a lot without ever studying the other language. That said, learning to understand and speak all of them well is still pretty cool of her.
That's very common in Europe. Specifically because these are very similar languages.
So wholesome at the end when the baker gives the cameraman the focaccia with such a genuine smile. Cameraman/camerawoman matter too.
This is better than most insider videos, truely talking to someone who really knows what theyre doing, and focusing a lot on the process of making. I like this more than the minute long vids with just music and text
he's really passionate and serious with how its done, how it should be and how its eaten..
Here is my beautiful city, all should visit, it's not just focaccia, but pesto, seafood, 500yo pastry shops, and confectioneries, beautiful palaces, and villas to visit, tie makers that supply the English royal family, an amazing riviera just a few kilometers from the city! Love Genova!!! Thank you guys for sharing!
No other places on earth can compare to some places in Italia, i miss living there SOOO much, it's certainly on my bucket list to go back there for sure
Love the baker. Love someone who has that love for the craft even after all those years...
The Focaccia is extremely extremely delicious especially with Jamon slices...
hi ray
Why are you everywhere mate?
Do you comment on all videos you see? Or my recommendations match yours?
@@AnkitGupta-wf2lg well, he tries to find every popular vid then comment on it to get subscribers cause he has no other decent way, just proves to you that hes shit
he could be using this time to improve his shitty content but no he decided to comment on every video ever
Prosciutto please!
Italian is such a pretty language
I tasted 45 years ago.and still i can feel the taste. Want to eat it again
I love how everyone is talking about how the baker is so generous for giving that camera man some bread! For all of the wonderful videos they film, this guy needs a raise.
Bread is really the ultimate connecting food. Every culture has a form of it and in it's simplest form it is purely bread and water. So baking and giving bread is one of the oldest forms of generosity.
Man I lived in Malta for a while and ate focaccia then i moved to the USA and saw some bread labeled focaccia in walmart. Let me tell you this was the grossest thing I ever tested. I miss eating it. Too bad I dont know how to make it.
hahahaha, Walmart's bakery makes fake bread. It's a chemistry set that APPEARS similar to the real thing but is far, far from it.
Why the hell would you buy bread at Walmart? You get what you pay for. There are artisanal bakeries in the US. Google them
@@rumblefish9 try finding such a bakery outside of a large town though
Walmart bastardizes every bakery product.
Malta isn't italy a TOTALLY other thing, don't compare chocolate to shit
we have a bakery here in San Francisco, an Italian family (Soracco Family) from Chiavari (near Genoa) that sells only Focaccia since 1911. the name is Liguria Bakery and it is world famous.
World famous, you say? Sorry, but the american definition of "world famous" is somewhat different compared to the rest of the world.
Not world famous, but famous for SF. They use a roller instead of their hands to create the indentations. It is an American-style focaccia.
@@BeardedDanishViking you should come when you're visiting San Francisco and prove it yourself.
only in SF? find me focaccia anywhere in the entire United States that's better.
@@ArekSuroboyo1 I have had Liguria and did like it. I have also had others traveling across the country, as well as in Italy. The foccaia I had in Italy was the best. SF does have some of the best bakeries in the US, with Tartine and Arsicault among them, more French-influenced than Italian.
Its so nice to see how passionate he is about making sure it all tastes delicious and you can see his pride and joy in sharing it with other people at the end
one of the best ones so far, Brava Claudia! this really made me smile, the baker 's love of his craft really shines through
My favorite host. Thank you very much for the video.
Agree!
Joe is also great
Agree, especially with how many labguanges he could speak, so it's make it look easy when reviewing foods from another country
Clearly you haven't watched Frank Pinnelo in "The Pizza Show". (Highly recommend it)
I love the videos she does. She always engages the person she interviews by asking lots of questions. You can tell this guy really likes the fact that she understands what the points he’s trying to get across with the Focaccia. It’s like she reads his mind at times. I would absolutely LOVE to try authentic Focaccia like his but I don’t want to go all the way to Italy. I live in Massachusetts, USA haha.
he is so gentle and sweet. I love his smile and joke :) wanna visit all this over. hope he's well.
I love how they joke with each other 😊
This video was invaluable to me.. I watched it many times as I listened (i.e., reading the subtitles) and watched closely and this focaccia bread man is brilliant and kind and wonderfully sharing his craft.
While I could never presume to make anything close to the maestro, my attempts have resulted in a personal "best bread ever baked" (and I've been a home baker for over 40 yrs).. and have reproduced it twice now 🙂
Best wishes and continued success to all at Food Insider!!
I think it's one of the best food channels on RUclips. Like no bs, traditional folk food. Keep up the good work!
Every year I would visit my grandmother near Genoa, and I would eat focaccia 3 times a day.
There is NOTHING like it.
I dream about it, and even almost cried when the local baker retired.
Can't wait to go back
I'm actually glad I watched this video, his smile when he offered the bread to the cameraman was so heartwarming
How wholesome that he offered a piece to the cameraman 😭
Ok the end was the best. I love the way Claudia dose these reviews so wholesome and genuine
while everyone is going to italy and eating the best food ever, here me in my bed daydreaming of that piece of bred
Come! I Will host u ! :)
Liza try making it at home
You'd be surprised how easy i tis to make this especially if you have a mixer.
Me too
My family has a house in that region where I would go for vacation. Literally nothing better then Focaccia. The crazy thing is the local super market bakery would make. Literally insanly good fresh bread from a super market. Combine with local salami, pesto, parmigiano and you get a mind blowing experience.
Fun fact: Genova is considered the birthplace of "fast food" intended as a place where you can buy warm food, leave, and eat it as you walk. Most of our production can be eaten as is without needing condiments, toppings, or fillings. Examples are: focaccia, farinata, cuculli, friscieu, cones of fried fish, panissa, trippa, zuppa sbira...
what a genuinely nice man the baker is. bless him.
This brings back sooo many memories of visiting family in Italy!!
I have a cousin who use to make focaccia all the time for his little store!
Looks absolutely delicious! What a kind, dedicated man, I hope he and his business are doing well 😊🙏❤️ God bless!
I like videos of honest workers like this. They do their best ar work, it's inspiring
This baker is so Passionate and proud of his work. Amazing.
I love that baker!!! He was so generous❤
I’ve been making focaccia bread for years and always put fresh rosemary and garlic on top. I do a plain one with just salt when we have soup but the rosemary garlic one is the absolute best
the thing with the "plain" version from Genova is that it is amazing dipped in a cappuccino. The extra topping don't allow you to do that, but you version is still quite tasty on its own
If you want to make it better without the need for toppings try to use poolish preferment, it just raises the flavor and the smells amazingly however it takes more time and you need to adjust the recipe to keep your hydration to the level you´re used to, but I definitely recomend it to you.
@@emanuelemarchisio3818 Eh, si. Non c'è cosa più buona della focaccia salata inzuppata nel cappuccino.
@@emanuelemarchisio3818 io spero che nessun genovese ti legga o ti abbia letto
@@Antonio-sd5yn perche'?
How many languages does Claudia speak?😯 very impressive
At least three off the top of my head. English, French, Italian (native I think).
Since she obviously is well versed in the Romance languages, I’m sure she’ll know some decent Spanish as well.
Lots of Europeans speak several languages
In most parts of Europe people speak 3 languages
She is italian, not a big skill
@@Emmbedd She's not a native English speaker, nor a native French speaker. Big skill.
That end was so wholesome
Out of all multi million business that have appeared on this channel, one small bakery town in Genoa is the only place that feed the camera guy.
Respect.
I just experienced Humanity when the camera man was considered as a visible human
I love you showing the cooking- baking processes for recipes in the regions of Italy! So many of my family members have passed. So I fear that those in the United States will loose appreciation and knowledge of the making and cooking processes
Love the passion that he puts in his craft.
It’s amazing to see people so passionate in what they do.
Like so many others, I loved how the cameraman was finally given food! On the other hand, I didn’t know lard was used in focaccia! Great. One other food I’ll need to ask about ingredients when I travel. Thanks for letting me know, at least! The ones I’ve eaten in the States haven’t contained lard. Yet.
That's because they are not focaccia!
Lard is good for you, unlike vegetable shortening.
jimW133 So you’re saying that most focaccia don’t use lard?
John Ales No fat is healthy in excess.
Lard is not necessary. It may be present or not depending on regional variants...
Sure Jews and Muslims will prefer variants with just water, dough and salt... 😁
Focaccia with olive oil and salt is top tier food 🤤
You should try in Bari the Focaccia in there
man i really love the plopping and maneuvering of the dough - its so satisfying to watch
I really appreciate the detail here, you have rise times and everything! Really helps those trying to make it themselves... like me!
Claudia Romeo’s videos are my favorite. There is something therapeutic and relaxing when listening to her voice.
Suggestion on doing a video about havarti cheese please!
Real focaccia is SO good 😋 Funny how sometimes people mistake it by just doing a simple pizza
The great gentleman feeding the cameraman at the end is a reminder that receiving is great, but giving? Giving is wonderful! 🤍
What a wonderful gesture at the end!
Thank you Claudia! I made my first focaccia and it was soo good. I learnt some great tips from your video 🥰
I'm half Italian and it's honestly my favourite thing about going over there
primo commento in italiano e fiera della nostra focaccia😍😍
Martina Bellomo yeeeeeeee Italia 🇮🇹 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹
Si litalia a lo meliore cibo nell mondo
I'm proud to be Italian!
well, and, why are you speaking in English?
I don't know.
@@LLOYD3D Hello! I'm Italian too!
Ciao! Pure io sono italiana
Love and professionalism with creativity and tradition. What brings it out? The kingdom of aromas!
beautiful craft and bread. the italians treasure their culture and craft and takes pride in it ! wonderful
How many languages do you speak?
Claudia: Yes
My dad makes focaccia for us all the time!
*great now I’m hungry.*
*DA-*
My dad left to get focaccia bread 18 years ago. Now I know that was a lie...
BECAUSE FOCACCIA ISN'T BREAD!!!
This Baker is really charming, and so devoted to the craft. Its great.
I do love the last sence as well
so touching so gentle so inviting so caring
I have been eating focaccia wrong my whole life!! I didn’t know the top cooked part should be the one touching the tongue.
Don't warry. It doesn't make any difference
@@lorenzolanfranchi2293 there's a difference in texture tho (also the flaky salt). It's still delicious either way.
@@danielconnor8516 indeed! I'm from Milan, not Genoa, we have a pretty famous bakery here (Pizza Mundial near the Lambrate train station) that makes focaccia, pizza and many other savoury treats and trust me, everything they make is worth spending your money on. They make pretty good focacce even though those are far from the og ones but still, their focacce are so delicious and the top part is just like how the baker in the video explained: it is tender and savoury and tasty and it's almost "slippery" to the touch and that makes a really nice contrast of textures because of the bottom crust being crunchy. I like how salty and almost wet it is and gosh, I wish I knew how to properly eat focaccia, like, that's one of the greatest foods in the world! (Though, try the og on in Genoa).
Damn that Baki guy is tall, I now know why he specifically was hired 😂
I was thinking the same thing
Why
@@lakshmir7616 please you can think for yourself can't you?
His name is Baka lmao.
This guy was wonderful. One of your best episodes.
One of my favourite episodes