Farinata/Socca

A pancake from Northern Italy and the south of France around Nice, made with chickpea flour.
Cuisine French, Italian
Servings 3
Calories 570 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 500 ml Water
  • 250 g Chick Pea flour
  • 6 Tbsp Olive Oil
  • 1 tsp Salt

Instructions
 

  • Mix the ingredients and leave to stand for 1 hour.
  • Preheat the oven to 250°C with a casserole dish of water in the bottom of the oven and the cake tin on a top most shelf.
  • Measure out the mixture ready to pour in to give a 3mm thickness. For a 28cm cake tin this would be 185ml, a 30cm cake tin would be 215ml
  • When the oven is hot, take out the cake tin and add a table spoon of oil and brush it all around the base.
  • Pour in the mixture, and to place in the top of the oven.
  • Bake for 8 minutes. The pancake will set and when it is ready some areas will be brown and the edges coming away from the sides of the cake tin
  • Serve with olive oil and salt

Nutrition

Calories: 570kcalCarbohydrates: 48gProtein: 19gFat: 34gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gMonounsaturated Fat: 22gSodium: 837mgPotassium: 705mgFiber: 9gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 34IUCalcium: 43mgIron: 4mg
Keyword Gluten Free
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