FlaminGirl's recipes! #53 - Coca of Escalibada

flamingirl (78)in #food • 5 years ago

My dear foodies,

Continuing with the Christmas tradition we are going to prepare a Catalan sandwich, which we will be able to prepare to enjoy in family in these last days of the year, it is a Coca of escalibada. The name escalivada comes from the Catalan verb "escalivar" which means, precisely, "to roast to the embers ". One could say that this is a kind of pizza but Spanish.

My number one recommendation for this dish is to roast the vegetables on the grill, as they will get a flavor that will not surpass roasting them in the oven. Of course if you don't have the possibility to do it you can do it in the oven, the original recipe usually has anchovies or meats, but as this is its vegan version, I think the same with the combination we choose of red pepper, eggplant and onion, will be super-rich, you can also use the base to add other vegetables, such as spinach, tomato and so that come to mind, the only requirement is that they can be roasted. There are salty and sweet varieties.

A historical fact is that the origin of the word coca comes from Dutch kok from the Carolingian Empire. Cake is derived from this same word.
Now let's start with our plate.

Coca of escalibada

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My secrets INGREDIENTS

(for 4 portions):

♡ 1 red pepper

♡ 1 aubergine

♡ 1 onion

♡ 50 g pitted black olives

♡ Olive oil

For the dough:

♡ 400 g wheat flour

♡ 220 g water

♡ 10 g salt

♡ 5 g fresh yeast

♡ 5 g olive oil

♡ 5 g whole cane sugar (panela)

♡ 5 g white pepper

PREPARATION

Preparation time: 15min
Cooking time: 70min
Total: 85min

Preheat the oven to 180º.

Prepare the coca dough. Dilute the sugar and yeast in warm water and mix in a bowl with the rest of the ingredients. When they are integrated, knead on the counter for 15 minutes. Keep the dough in a bowl greased with oil, cover with paper film and let it rise until it doubles in size.

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While the dough rises, roast the vegetables. Clean the pepper and eggplant and peel the onion. Grease the vegetables with a little oil, place them in a dish or tray and bake them for 45 minutes. Rotate the vegetables halfway through so that they cook equally on both sides.

Note that the baking time may vary depending on the size of the vegetables.

Peel, remove the seeds and cut the vegetables into strips once it is cold.

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Preheat the oven to 230º.

Carefully remove the dough from the bowl and cut it into 4 equal pieces. If you do not want to make 4 cocas, you can freeze the pieces that you are not going to use.

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Stretch the dough until it is 5 mm thick. Paint it with olive oil. Place roasted vegetables and sliced olives on top.
Bake the coca for 20 minutes at 230º or until the coca is golden brown.

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I let you try this recipe and tell me what you think! ;)

5 Properties of red pepper for your health

Benefits of red pepper in the short and long term

1- The red pepper contains more than 200% of recommended daily vitamin C:
Did you know that green peppers are just unripe red peppers? That's right, and so they contain half as much vitamin C and A as a good red pepper.

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Once ripe red peppers provide more than 200% of the recommended daily vitamin C helping to: prevent colds, premature aging and helping your body better absorb iron from other foods.

2- Red peppers are a vegetable source of vitamin B6 and folic acid:

B group vitamins are usually present only in foods of animal origin which makes it difficult to follow some vegetarian diets, with the pepper these diets become easier.

But why are vitamin B6 and folic acid so important? Among other things, they help your body better absorb iron from other foods by eliminating some types of anaemia.

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3- They improve your vision and prevent long-term vision problems:

Thanks to its high levels of vitamin A one of the most important benefits of peppers is to improve your vision, especially when there is little light. Eating red peppers also reduces vision problems associated with age.

4- Red peppers are slimming:
Contrary to popular wisdom, not only do red peppers NOT gain weight, they also gain weight:

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Recent studies have shown that they activate the body's thermogenesis, helping to burn calories in the form of body heat.

5- Red peppers improve your cardiovascular health:
Thanks to a substance called lycopene that gives its beautiful red color (also present in tomatoes) and that, among other benefits: prevents heart disease, arteriosclerosis and hypertension.