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Scacciata Siciliana di Cipollina (Sicilian Scacciata with Chives)

Scacciata Siciliana di Cipollina (Sicilian Scacciata with Chives)

This recipe from Stefania Lanzafame, a top-18 winner in the Create Cooking Challenge: My Family's Recipe, harkens back to her childhood, when she used to spend time with her Nonna preparing family meals for the holidays.

Recipe Ingredients

  • Dough
  • - 2 ¾ cups of Semolina Flour
  • - 2 cups of flour
  • - 1 Tbsp of fresh or dry yeast
  • - 1/2 cup of warm water
  • - 1 2/3 Tbsp of sugar
  • - 2 ½ Tsp of salt
  • - 1/4 cups of lard
  • - 1 ¼ cups of warm water
  • Filling
  • - 5 or 6 bunches of chives washed, julienned and dried
  • - 2 ½ cups of grated mozzarella
  • - 1 ½ cups of Parmesan cheese
  • - 2 to 3 chopped anchovies.
  • - Olive Oil
  • - Salt and pepper to taste

Recipe Instructions

- First, we are going to prepare the dough. In a bowl mix 2 ¾ Cups of hard semolina flour and 2 Cups of flour, and then reserve. -Then we will grab a small bowl and add 1 Tbsp of fresh dry yeast, 1/2 Cup of warm water and stir until the yeast dissolves. Also, add 1 2/3 Tbsp of sugar and a little of the flour mixture until we get a thicker consistency.

- We will cover it and let it rest for 30 minutes.

- In a mixer we are going to add the flour mixture, 2 ½ Tsp of salt, 1/4 Cups of lard, 1 ¼ Cups of warm water, and we will knead for 10 minutes. You can do it with a mixer, which is quicker or by hand, but you should knead for 15 to 20 minutes if that is the case.

- We will put the dough in a bowl and let it rest covered until it doubles in size.

- To build the Scacciata, grab a rectangular tray and spread some olive oil on it. Then split the dough into two halves and stretch one of the halves using some flour to prevent it from sticking, after we have it stretched, we put it on the tray.

- Fill the scacciata with the chives, the mozzarella, Parmesan, salt, pepper, olive oil, and the chopped anchovies.

- Stretch the other half, place it on top, close it, and with a fork prick the scacciata and brush it with some olive oil. Put it in the oven at 360 degrees Fahrenheit for approximately 40 minutes or until golden brown.