Socca

Name: Socca
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 150g chickpea flour; 300ml water; 3 tbsp olive oil, plus more for the pan; 1 tsp salt; Black pepper

Socca/SOH-kah/

Also known as: Socca Niçoise, Chickpea Pancake from Nice, Nice Chickpea Flatbread

About this dish

A thin, crisp-edged pancake made from chickpea flour and olive oil, baked in a very hot oven and eaten with black pepper.

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Ingredients

🌾150g chickpea flour

💧300ml water

🫒3 tbsp olive oil, plus more for the pan

🧂1 tsp salt

⚫Black pepper

Method

Serves 4

Whisk the chickpea flour, water, olive oil and salt into a smooth batter and rest for an hour.

Heat a large oiled metal pan in the oven at its hottest setting.

Pour in a thin layer of batter.

Bake for 8–10 minutes, then grill briefly until blistered and crisp at the edges.

Cut into rough pieces and eat hot with plenty of black pepper.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Socca is the street food of Nice, sold from wood-fired ovens in the old town's markets; it is the cousin of Liguria's farinata.

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