NO, NOT SOCCER. SOCCA!!!
Well, mama is still mad about this giant pancake called socca and so she went to the source at Chez Pipo in Nice and watched the expert socca maker do his thing. First a big copper pan, then olive oil smeared over the surface, then batter poured into the pan and tilted around to cover the surface, then the socca popped into 400C which is like an American oven that will heat to over 700 degrees, which does not exist, then a 12-15 minute wait while the expert turns the pan around a couple of times for it to cook evenly in the wood oven, then out it comes all brown and bubbly and fragrant with olive oil. It is then cut into serving shards and served with a glass of cold rosé.
I think mama is addicted.
Enough addicted to make me put this recipe in the blog:
1 cup chickpea flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups tepid water or whatever it takes to mix the flour into a nice, creamy batter, not too thick, sort of like the consistency of cream
2 tablespoons olive oil
Mix those ingredients all together and let sit for half an hour for the flour to absorb the water and oil.
Put an oven rack about a third of the distance between broiler and bottom of oven.
Turn up your oven to its hottest temperature and also the broiler, and when they are up to temperature, put 2 more tablespoons of oil in a shallow heatproof metal pan or skillet.
Put the pan in the oven for a few minutes to get really hot, then pour in the batter just to cover the bottom of the pan. Return it to the oven and let cook about 10 minutes or until crispy around the edges and nicely browned on top. Cut the pancake into haphazard pieces, sprinkle with pepper and eat while hot. Even I love socca!!!
HEY, wait a minute–kitties don’t eat SALAD!!!
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A sweet good health hope for Sweet Sister Precious who has been having some troubled days.
Ann Adamus sent the message, so thank you, Ann.
That’s an amazing socca selfie you made for yourself, LouLou..MOL 😀 The socca looks delicious *watering mouth* Pawkisses for a Happy Day 🙂 <3
I think mama and papa have tried three places for socca and it’s still the two ladies in the open market who really make the best. It’s really easy and cheap to make, I think. Flour and water and a little oil.
That socca looks good ! Mum never heard of this, it looks like a kind of flat Italian focaccia. Purrs
It is called piadina in Sicily and farinata in Liguria–all of which start with flour and water and olive oil, and most of which can be made in a hot skillet on top of the stove. It really is simple and so good with so many things, even jam!
Looks like a giant pizza without toppings. Only different. Hard to believe those are the only ingredients and you eat the pancake without syrup. Do humans really eat it with salad? Is it more of a bread than a pancake?
We hope Precious still has a lot of good days ahead of her. We always hate to hear any furry is ill. You had better stay healthy!
Well, I don’t go out much and so don’t mix often with other animals, but I miss their company. All I have is that crazy doggy, Mya, but she’s pretty cool.
I am praying for Precious. That recipe looks good, I wish I wasn’t so lazy.
Hey, it’s a snap. Actually it’s just a pancake you might even try in a hot skillet on the stove. I don’t know why that wouldn’t work, but mama will try it first and let you know.