Farinata

This article is about the food. For the 13th-century Italian aristocrat, see Farinata degli Uberti.

Farinata
Slices of farinata
Alternative namesSocca, farinata di ceci
TypePancake
Place of origin
Region or state
Main ingredientsChickpea flour, water, olive oil
  •   Media: Farinata

Farinata (Italian: [fariˈnaːta]), socca (Occitan: [suˈka]) or farinata di ceci is a type of thin, unleavened pancake or crêpe made from chickpea flour.

Farinata is considered a staple food on the northwest Mediterranean coast. In Liguria it is named farinata, in Nice socca and in Toulon cade.

It is also a speciality of Oran, Algeria, where it was introduced under French rule and known as calentica, and in the cities of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Montevideo, Uruguay, where it is known as fainá and eaten with pizza.

It is usually both vegan and gluten-free.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.