Socca with Caramelized Onions
- 1 cup Chickpea Flour
- 1 cup Plus 2 Tablespoons Water
- 1- 1/2 Tablespoon Olive Oil, Plus More For Cooking
- Fresh Thyme Or Rosemary
- 2 whole Onions, Minced
- Salt And Black Pepper To Taste
- To make the socca batter, in a bowl, combine chickpea flour, water, salt, 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil and the herbs.
- Stir and leave it on the kitchen counter for at least one hour (covered).
- To make the caramelized onions, in a skillet, heat some olive oil and stir in the onions.
- Cook over medium heat for about 20 minutes or until caramelized.
- To cook the Plain Socca:
- 1.
- Preheat the oven to 500F (260C).
- 2.
- Put a baking dish (or cast-iron skillet) in the oven with 1 tablespoon of olive oil in it.
- 3.
- When the oil is really hot, take the dish/skillet out.
- 4.
- Turn the broiler on.
- 5.
- Pour one third of the batter to cover the bottom of your dish/skillet.
- It has to be thinner than a pancake but thicker than a crepe.
- 6.
- Cook under the broiler until the Socca is firm and a little bit brown.
- 7.
- You can serve it in your dish/skillet or try to put it on another serving dish.
- 8.
- Add salt and black pepper to taste.
- 9.
- Pour some more olive oil in the pan/skillet and cook the remaining batter.
- For the Caramelized Onion version:
- 1.
- Follow the directions above, but pour the caramelized onions in the batter before pouring the batter into the dish/skillet.
- 2.
- Cook until the Socca is firm and the onions start to burn a little bit on the top.
- 3.
- Add salt and black pepper to taste.
- (Recipe inspired by David Lebovitz)
chickpea flour, water, olive oil, fresh thyme, onions, salt
Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/special-dietary-needs/gluten-free/socca-with-caramelized-onions/ (may not work)