# Jalapeño Popper Focaccia

A jalapeño popper focaccia bread with a creamy, cheesy filling and crispy bacon topping.

- Servings: 8 servings
- Total time: 120 min
- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 batch focaccia dough
- 0 extra virgin olive oil
- 3 fresh jalapeños, diced finely
- 4 fresh jalapeños, sliced into rings
- 330 g full fat cream cheese
- 150 g cheddar cheese, grated
- 10 strips smoked streaky bacon, cooked crispy
- 2 tbsp bacon fat
- 25 g panko bread crumbs
- 0 flaky sea salt

## Instructions

1. Prepare the focaccia dough according to my recipe instructions. Before the first stretch and fold, scatter 1/3 of the diced jalapeños over the dough and then stretch and fold the dough to incorporate them.
2. Repeat this with another 1/3 of the diced jalapeño for the second set of stretch and folds.
3. Cover the bowl with a tea towel and proof the dough as instructed in the dough recipe.
4. While the dough is proofing, prepare the cream cheese mixture. Cook bacon until crispy. Reserve the bacon fat and dice bacon into fine crumbs.
5. In a bowl, stir together cream cheese, 50g of grated cheese and half of the crispy bacon crumbs.
6. Transfer into a piping bag with a wide open tip or zip top freezer bag.
7. When the dough has finished proofing, prepare the baking tray as stated in the dough recipe.
8. Tip the dough into the tray and gently stretch it out.
9. Pipe half of the cream cheese mixture into the dough and then arrange half of the sliced jalapeños over the cream cheese.
10. Fold the dough up into thirds and flip it over.
11. Cover with an inverted tray or oiled nonstick parchment paper and proof at room temperature for 1.25-2 hours.
12. Preheat oven to 220C/430F.
13. Mix together panko, remaining bacon, remaining diced jalapeño and 50g grated cheese.
14. Sprinkle mixture over dough, drizzle with bacon fat, dimple the dough and arrange jalapeño rings in the dimples.
15. Bake for 14 minutes.
16. Remove from oven, scatter remaining cheese, and bake for 8-10 more minutes.
17. Once golden brown, remove from oven and poke holes using a thick straw. Pipe remaining cream cheese mixture into the holes.
18. Wait 15 minutes before cutting and enjoying!

## Equipment

- oven
- baking tray
- parchment paper
- knife
- grater
- piping bag or zip top freezer bag
- large bowl

## Source

- Original video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGdU5cgXr/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/8cc82750-836b-4ea8-bf73-65e25a66d93d
- Extracted: 2025-02-09

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