Made with chickpea flour, socca is a scrumptious gluten-free pizza crust possibility.
I can inform you to the day the primary time I had socca: June 13, 1993.
Socca – also referred to as Farinata, Torta di Ceci or Cecina – is a skinny pancake made with chickpea flour, olive oil and salt. It originated in Genoa, Italy however is well-liked all through the Northern Italian and Southern French coasts.
Again in 1993, I used to be backpacking with two associates via Europe for 5 weeks (and retaining a day by day journal – thank goodness I did as I’m not remembering a lot lately.) We have been undoubtedly roughing it again then, staying in youth hostels, sleeping on trains and carrying every little thing on our backs. After taking an in a single day prepare from Geneva to Good, we arrived to the posh and the sunny coast of the French Riveria.
We stumbled onto a beautiful farmer’s market and there was a lady making “La Socca” in a giant skillet over a big charcoal heated tin drum. All of us sampled it and thought it was essentially the most scrumptious factor we had tasted in weeks. I didn’t take many meals photographs on this journey (thoughts you, that is WAY earlier than sensible telephones, Fb, or hell, THE INTERNET) however as you possibly can see, I did seize that foodie second.
#GlutenFree: Socca Pizza (made with chickpea flour) with Shrimp + Leeks @tspbasil Click on To Tweet
It’s at all times been at the back of my thoughts to recreate it and I figured it could make a scrumptious gluten-free pizza crust, too. (As did Abby of Abby Langer Vitamin who posted her Chickpea Flour Pizza Crust just a few days in the past – be sure you try her topping concepts!)
Chickpea flour is pretty simple to search out lately – search for it within the pure or gluten-free part of your grocery store. Or you should buy it on-line – it’s additionally referred to as garbanzo bean flour. Bonus: it’s one of many least costly flours on the market.
Professionals to creating socca pizza:
- Gluten-free should you can’t eat common pizza crust
- Good supply of protein and fiber
- Straightforward to make (no yeast or rising time wanted)
- Versatile for a lot of veggie toppings
The toppings I used – shrimp, leeks and tomatoes – are an homage to considered one of my favourite pizza eating places ever: Figs. Again after I was a dietetic intern in Boston, me and my girlfriend would splurge now and again and eat on the one in Beacon Hill. We’d at all times get half Portobello and half Spicy Shrimp with Leeks.
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Made with chickpea flour, socca is a scrumptious gluten-free pizza crust possibility.
For the leeks:
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 cup sliced leeks
For the crust:
- 1 cup chickpea flour (additionally referred to as garbanzo bean flour)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon chopped contemporary rosemary
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup heat water
For remaining toppings:
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 cup roasted tomatoes
- 1/2 pound raw small or medium sized shrimp, peeled
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- Preheat oven to 450 levels.
- Add 1 tablespoon olive oil and leeks to forged iron skillet. Place in oven and prepare dinner for five minutes, stirring sometimes.
- Whereas leeks are cooking; in a big bowl, whisk collectively chickpea flour, 2 tablespoons olive oil, rosemary, 1/4 teaspoon black pepper and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Slowly pour in heat water and blend till skinny batter is fashioned. Let sit.
- Utilizing a oven mitt, take away skillet from oven. Pour batter over leeks and unfold so it reaches all sides. Place again in oven and bake for 10 minutes.
- Take away from oven once more utilizing mitt. Loosen socca across the edges with a knife. Place a big plate on prime and flip the skillet so the socca seems onto the plate. Slide the socca again into the pan (cooked facet now up.)
- Drizzle remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil over prime. Unfold roasted tomatoes and shrimp on prime. Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon black pepper. Put again into oven and bake for one more 5 – 8 minutes or till shrimp are cooked via.
- Take away from oven and funky barely earlier than reducing and serving (hold oven mitt on skillet deal with as it’s going to keep sizzling for awhile.)
Paired with a hearty salad, this socca pizza will serve 4 for lunch or a light-weight dinner.
Have you ever ever cooked with chickpea flour or tasted socca? Share with me a journey meals reminiscence that has caught with you – I like listening to these sorts of tales!
