Scacce Modicane (filled focaccie)

Traditional dish from Modica and Ragusa (Sicily).

Scacce Modicane
  • Preparation: 1 Hour
  • Cooking: 1 Hour
  • Difficulty: Medium
  • Servings: 4 people
  • Cost: Cheap

Ingredients

For the pastry:

  • 1 kg durum wheat flour
  • 350 ml lukewarm water
  • 100 ml extra virgin olive oil
  • 5 g fresh yeast
  • 10 g table salt

For the ricotta cheese filling:

  • 250 g fresh ricotta cheese
  • 1 white sweet onion
  • 100 g Sicilian sausage (optional)
  • 1 pinch table salt
  • 1 pinch ground pepper

For the tomato sauce filling:

  • 200 g tomato sauce
  • 1 white sweet onion
  • 2 spoons shaved Ragusano cheese (or Parmesan cheese)
  • q.s. extra virgin olive oil

For the broccoli and sausage filling:

  • 1 chopped broccoli
  • 150 g Sicilian sausage
  • 1 pinch ground pepper
  • q.s. extra virgin olive oil

For the potato, anchovies and parsley filling:

  • 1 big sized potato
  • 4 anchovies fillets
  • 2 bunches parsley
  • 1 pinch table salt
  • 1 pinch ground pepper
  • q.s. extra virgin olive oil

Preparation

  1. Scacce Modicane

     

    • – mix the yeast with the lukewarm water and the sifted flour;
    • – knead well for around 10 minutes then add the oil;
    • – knead till the oil will be absorbed;
    • – put it in a covered bowl, leave it aside while you will prepare all the fillings;
    • – when the fillings are ready, get small balls from the dough;
    • – lay down each ball with a rolling pin;
    • – pastry has to result very thin;
    • – spread in the middle the filling;
    • – close the pastry as it was an apple strudel;
    • – bake at 200 degrees for 20/30 minutes or till golden;
    • – allow to cool then cut in pieces;

     

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