{"id":12817,"date":"2014-09-10T07:19:37","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T14:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145696.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=12817"},"modified":"2017-09-19T09:40:08","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T16:40:08","slug":"4-tips-make-delicious-socca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/4-tips-make-delicious-socca\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Tips to Make Your Most Delicious Socca"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"How<\/a><\/p>\n

Socca is such a fantastic, healthy snack! \u00a0Use my tips below to perfect your socca recipe.<\/p>\n

I made my first batch of socca in 2011, and it was likely not even a little bit like\u00a0what those good French folks have in mind when they talk (and eat) socca. \u00a0Socca is a lovely, unleavened, garbanzo-bean flour-based flatbread\u00a0of sorts. \u00a0It’s served as street food in the sea coast region\u00a0(it’s “farinata in Italy,” where it originated) and is vegan and gluten-free. \u00a0Although it fell a little short, my first attempt was still\u00a0an attempt and it was followed by several more and now I feel like I have a good feel for the recipe and technique. \u00a0Chat with\u00a0David\u00a0Lebovitz<\/a>\u00a0and he’ll tell you that socca is\u00a0never quite the same made in your home oven, but, well, it’s all I have and it’s still always a tasty dish.<\/p>\n

4 Tips for Tastier Socca<\/h2>\n

I’ve done the dirty work for you on this one. \u00a0Here are my tips for the some seriously delicious socca:<\/p>\n

1) Do like David says and let your batter\u00a0sit<\/strong>. \u00a0I typically make socca batter in the morning, cover with a non-terry kitchen towel, and let it sit while I’m at work. \u00a0I use cumin in my socca batter and I vacillate between using oil in the batter and leaving it out of the batter entirely (knowing that I will use it in the skillet).<\/p>\n

2) Use a well-seasoned, well-loved cast iron skillet<\/strong> to make your socca. \u00a0Let it get nice and hot, pull the skillet out of the oven, ladle your batter on, and get it back under your broiler as quickly as you can.<\/p>\n

3) Don’t sweat an ingredient with which you’re not familiar.<\/strong> \u00a0Garbanzo bean flour can be found in the health food section of your grocery store, or in your local Indian grocery as “besan.” \u00a0Bob’s Red Mill makes a great garbanzo bean flour<\/a>, and they also make a garbanzo | fava flour combo, which is totally acceptable, although it will not be quite as garbanzo-beany as it could be.<\/p>\n

4) Regardless of these tried-and-true tips, please don’t be afraid to play around with your recipe<\/strong>. \u00a0For me, cumin is 4-eva in my socca, but maybe it’s not for you. \u00a0Perhaps you’d like to try for a thicker, less crepe-y approach to your socca. \u00a0Do it! \u00a0\u00a0Let’s say you don’t have a cast iron skillet…but maybe you\u00a0do\u00a0<\/em>have a tart pan or a even a pie plate. \u00a0Take care of business and try ’em out.<\/p>\n

I must take this opportunity to\u00a0mention Clotilde Dusoulier’s<\/a>\u00a0socca tart topped with jammy-tart cooked apricots and thinly sliced seasonal zucchini (recipe in The French Market Cookbook<\/a>)<\/em>, because it allows for a thicker batter appropriate for use as a crust. \u00a0And that\u00a0<\/em>allows for a little more room in the socca universe.\u00a0 You might also like this simple socca recipe<\/a> from Eat Drink Better.<\/p>\n

I’ve always made my socca a little thicker than is called for, and have always felt that giving it a little heft makes for a delicious\u00a0vehicle for sliced veggies, some salty roughly chopped olives, or a little mashed avocado<\/a>. \u00a0I know, I know…blasphemy, but it’s sooooo good.<\/p>\n

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