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Author: PaulC

  • Socca Farinata

    One Ingredient Socca! Amazing, crispy, golden brown, flaky flatbread that requires just ONE ingredient. Just mix, pour, bake, and done!

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    INGREDIENTS

    • 1 cup chickpea flour (affiliate link)
    • 2 tablespoons olive oil (and extra for the pan)
    • 3/4 teaspoon salt
    • 1 1/4 cups water

    INSTRUCTIONS

    1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
    2. Whisk all ingredients until smooth.
    3. Pour 1-2 tablespoons additional olive oil into a large cast iron skillet. Pop the skillet in the oven for five minutes to heat the oil. (See notes on skillet sizing.)
    4. Pour the batter into the hot, oiled pan and swirl to spread evenly across the pan. Depending on pan size, you might want to do this in two batches (see notes). Bake for 15-18 minutes, until golden and crispy around the edges. Annnnd you’re done! Good luck not eating the whole hot, crispy thing in one sitting!

    Pan size: The size of your cast iron greatly impacts the end product and how thick / thin / crispy it will be. I used a 10-inch cast iron skillet and I actually split the batter in half and made two separate soccas in order to get them extra thin and crispy. In theory, you could pour all of the batter in and cook it all in one shot. But personal preference: those crispy, thin edges are EVERYTHING. So I prefer to split it into two batches when working with my 10-inch cast iron skillet

    From here.

    One Ingredient Socca

  • Wheatflour bread

    Recipe

    Ingredients

    400g wholemeal (or brown) bread flour

    100g strong white flour

    10g salt

    15g fresh or 10g instant dried yeast

    40g unsalted butter, softened

    320ml water

    Method

    Put the flours into a large bowl and either rub in the fresh yeast or sprinkle in the dried. Add the butter in little pieces and the salt and mix.

    Add the water and mix to a dough.

    Tip out onto a surface and knead for 5-10 minutes, until the dough feels smooth and silky.

    Put it into an oiled bowl and cover with a tea towel or oiled clingfilm. Leave for at least an hour or until doubled in size.

    Tip the dough out onto a floured surface and knock the air out by folding it inwards repeatedly.

    Roll it up into a sausage and then roll it with your hands until it is about 30cm long:

    Put the bread onto an oiled baking sheet, cover and leave again for around an hour, or until doubled in size.

    Set the oven to 210ºC. For a lighter crust you can put a roasting tray into the bottom of the oven and fill it with water when you put the loaf in but I didn’t do this.

    Rub flour gently over the loaf and bake for around 30 minutes. Check it is done by tapping the base: it should sound hollow.

    Allow to cool on a wire rack.



    Recipe unapologetically stolen from here.
    https://lovinghomemade.com/2014/03/19/homemade-brown-bread-its-almost-wholemeal/