Italian Scarpaccia: Bell Pepper and Onion Recipe

Scarpaccia is a super tasty Italian savoury tart. Traditionally, it’s made with zucchini, but here I went for a different version, with bell peppers and onions. It turned out delicious!

Bell Pepper and Onion Scarpaccia Ingredients

• Plain flour
• Corn meal (ground corn, the coarse type, not like flour)
• Red onions
• Bell peppers  
• Water
• Dry herbs: rosemary and thyme
• Salt and pepper
• Extra virgin olive oil

Scarpaccia Recipe Instructions

Preheat the oven to 200C/392 F (fan)

Start by cutting the red onions and bell peppers. Slice the onions thinly and cut the bell pepper into small strips.

Add the bell pepper and onion to a bowl, and add dry herbs, salt and pepper and plain flour and corn meal.

Mix to combine, it will remain dry, then slowly add water, the mixture should remain thick. It will look like it won’t hold together (because the bell pepper and onion are thick) but that’s fine.

It should look like there are way more vegetables than the flour water mixture. Now we spread it on a baking tray on an oiled baking paper and press it down.

These quantities can either fit on big tray or two medium ones.

Make sure it is thin and even, otherwise some parts could burn while the rest still needs to cook.

Place baking paper on a baking tray, add some olive oil and spread it all over the paper. Drizzle with olive oil, corn meal, and salt.

Bake until crispy, for 50-60 minutes until golden brown on top.

To get the crunchy bottom, move the tray at the bottom of the oven for the last 10 minutes.

If the top is getting burnt while the center is still not ready, cover it with some baking paper. It won’t be hard and crispy immediately after taking it out, the sides will be more crispy.

If you touch the top of the scarpaccia with your finger it should still feel slightly soft, that’s normal, it will harden when cooling down. Let it cool down for 15 minutes before slicing.

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Italian Scarpaccia: Bell Pepper and Onion Recipe

A variation of the classic Italian scarpaccia, made with bell peppers and red onions.

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr

Servings 2 medium scarpaccia

Ingredients

  

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• 220 g plain flour
• 55 g corn meal
• 5 small red onions
• 860 g bell peppers 2 medium bell peppers
• 190 g water
• Dry rosemary and thyme to taste
• Salt and pepper
• Olive oil to taste

Instructions

 

• Preheat the oven to 200C/392 F (fan)
• Start by cutting the red onions and bell peppers. Slice the onions thinly and cut the bell pepper into small strips.
• Add the bell pepper and onion to a bowl, and add dry herbs, salt and pepper and plain flour and corn meal. Mix to combine, it will remain dry, then slowly add water, the mixture should remain thick. It will look like it won't hold together (because the bell pepper and onion are thick) but that's fine. It should look like there are way more vegetables than flour water mixture. Now we spread it on a baking tray on an oiled baking paper and press it down thinly. These quantities can either fit on big tray or two medium ones. Make sure it is thin and even, otherwise some parts could burn while the rest still needs to cook.
• Place baking paper on a baking tray, add some olive oil and spread it all over the paper. Drizzle with olive oil, corn meal, and salt.
• Bake until crispy, for 50-60 minutes until golden brown on top. To get the crunchy bottom, move the tray at the bottom of the oven for the last 10 minutes. If the top is getting burnt while the center is still not ready, cover it with some baking paper. It won’t be hard and crispy immediately after taking it out. If you touch the top of the scarpaccia with your finger it should still feel slightly soft, that’s normal, it will harden when cooling down. Let it cool down for 15 minutes before slicing.

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