This week's French Friday with Dorie challenge was educational - the dish is Socca from Vieux Nice. I have never heard of Socca before, but for those like me who have never heard of it before, it is a chickpea flour pancake. The other educational aspects of making this dish is (a) finding out where to buy chickpea flour; and (b) finding out that in Australia, chickpea flour is sold as besan flour. Whew! All that learning in one simple dish.
I really didn't know what I'd think about this dish. It is very simple - flour, water, oil, rosemary. However, I was pleasantly surprised - it was really tasty eaten on its own while still warm. I only made a half recipe, which turned out the perfect thickness in my pan, but unfortunately made it a little delicate, but made it hard to get out of the pan in one piece, hence the mangled appearance.
I'd make this again - which is lucky, as I have a whole bag of very pricey chickpea flour.
To see what the other Dorie cooks thought, visit the LYL section of the website.
