Socca (Monaco)
The chickpea crepe of the Riviera: a thin batter of chickpea flour, water and olive oil baked in a copper pan in a wood oven, cut in shards and eaten black-peppered and burning hot.
What it is
The chickpea crepe of the Riviera: a thin batter of chickpea flour, water and olive oil baked in a copper pan in a wood oven, cut in shards and eaten black-peppered and burning hot. (Monaco shares socca with Nice across the border — the old town stalls of the principality serve it the same beloved way.) Ingredients: chickpea flour, water, olive oil, salt; black pepper to serve. Recipe: 1) Whisk batter to single-cream consistency; rest. 2) Heat a copper pan in a fierce oven. 3) Oil the pan; pour a thin layer; bake until blistered at the edges. 4) Scrape out in shards. Serve: immediately, with pepper and a glass of rosé, standing at the market. Flavor: nutty, crisp-edged, olive-oil rich. History: socca/farinata travelled the Ligurian coast from Genoa to Nice and Monaco with sailors and chickpea traders; the Condamine market keeps the tradition. See also: Barbajuan, Fougasse Monégasque.
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