| Cinque e Cinque (Chickpea Pancakes) |
Recipe Type: Vegan
Prep time: 5 mins
Cook time: 15 mins
Total time: 20 mins
Serves: 4
This dish is a specialty of Livorno, Tuscany, which is located on the northwest coast of Italy. It’s a chickpea pancake which is traditionally cooked in a clay oven and served on oily bread (schiacciatina) with lots of black pepper. Sometimes, cinque e cinque is served with a little fried garlic and aubergine on top. In Nice, south France, a similar dish called socca is served.
Ingredients
- 150 g chickpea flour (gram flour)
- 430 ml water
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- Salt
- Pepper
Instructions
- Mix the ingredients together to make a smooth batter.
- Heat some oil in a frying pan. Pour in a thin layer of the batter and allow to cook.
- Either turn the pancake over carefully with a spatula, or if you’re feeling adventurous, flip the pancake up in the air!
- Use the remaining batter to cook more pancakes.
- Serve warm on bread with freshly ground black pepper.