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 called 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 fashionable all through the Northern Italian and Southern French coasts.
Again in 1993, I used to be backpacking with two associates by way of Europe for 5 weeks (and conserving a day by day journal – thank goodness I did as I’m not remembering a lot lately.) We have been positively roughing it again then, staying in youth hostels, sleeping on trains and carrying all the pieces 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 stunning farmer’s market and there was a lady making “La Socca” in an enormous 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 pictures on this journey (thoughts you, that is WAY earlier than good 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 behind my thoughts to recreate it and I figured it could make a scrumptious gluten-free pizza crust, too. (As did Abby of Abby Langer Diet who posted her Chickpea Flour Pizza Crust a number of days in the past – remember to take a look at her topping concepts!)
Chickpea flour is pretty straightforward to seek out lately – search for it within the pure or gluten-free part of your grocery store. Or you should purchase it on-line – it’s additionally referred to as garbanzo bean flour. Bonus: it’s one of many least costly flours on the market.
Execs to creating socca pizza:
- Gluten-free in the event you can’t eat common pizza crust
- Good supply of protein and fiber
- Simple 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 once in a while 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 often.
- 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 shaped. 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 high 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 high. Unfold roasted tomatoes and shrimp on high. 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 by way of.
- Take away from oven and funky barely earlier than reducing and serving (hold oven mitt on skillet deal with as it can keep scorching for awhile.)
Paired with a hearty salad, this socca pizza will serve 4 for lunch or a lightweight 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!
