I saw a fabulous recipe for a farinata at Nelly’s site the other day and couldn’t resist trying it. Though, as often happens, the recipe below is an adaption influenced by ingredients I had in the fridge. The red bits of the recipe are where I go off piste from Nelly’s recipe
olive oil (enough to cover bottom of oven proof skillet)
1 1/2 cups water
1 1/4 cups chickpea flour
Juice of 1 small lemon and some grated rind
1 garlic clove minced or pressed
1/4 tsp chilli flakes
1/4 tsp salt
1 tbsp fresh rosemary chopped
1 grated courgette (zucchini) – because it was there
Directions
In a bowl, thoroughly mix chickpea flour, salt, garlic, pepper, chilli flakes
lemon juice, rind and water.
Let mixture sit 1 to 4 hours (or overnight). (I did 4 hours)
Preheat oven to 435 degrees (I have celsius and did 200 degrees)
In a pie plate (or skillet), pour enough olive oil into the pan to generously cover the bottom.
I preheated the skillet and oil in the oven before I added the batter.
Pour batter into skillet.
Bake for 30-35 minutes. The pancake is done when it pulls away from the sides of the skillet and has a nice golden brown colour.
Remove from oven and devour!
I served it with a salad made from gem lettuce, red peppers, avocado, peas, sesame seeds and grated carrot. The dressing was lime juice and olive oil.
I think it would have been better without the courgette but it was still delicious! Thanks Nelly! 🙂
Looks great! And no doubt Nelly would be proud and impressed too. 😉
OMG!…wish I had that plate right now!….looks so yummy and amazing…well done! Enjoy!
Antony..love your new blog design! Hey, when is your birthday?…I am a libra too! (Oct 13)
My husband made these today too! I had a small one. I like them a lot.
@HiHoRosie and @Bitt – I've got to make another one following Nelly's exact recipe I think. Then she'd be really impressed 🙂
@Pam – Glad you like the new blog design! Blogger have upgraded their available templates so there are lots to choose from now. PS It's 24 Sept 🙂
Our designs are the same..I had received that also and changed it right away too! Enjoy!
It looks like a darn tasty dish you've got there!
xoxox
Your additions to the recipe look delicious! I am now a secret socca/farinata addict…shhhh!
That is delicious!! Bravo for making it.
XoXo
@Pam – love your new design too (and I've got to make those energy balls soon)!
@Cosmic – It was tasty indeed and even better the day after 🙂
@evergreen – The additions were good but I'm looking forward to trying the original as well … as a newly established farinata addict, of course 🙂
@HippieMom – It really is delicious. A bit like polenta 🙂
NICE…i love your additions…will try them out myself!!! never even thought to incorporate chili flakes…BAD ITALIAN am i!!!!
i am so happy you tried the recipe out…and adapted it to your taste buds!!!
totally made my day!
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Thanks Nelly 🙂