Recipe of Wolfgang Puck Sfincione

Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, sfincione. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Sfincione is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Sfincione is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

Heat olive oil over medium heat. Add red pepper flakes, black pepper, tomato paste, oregano, and anchovies; mix until anchovies dissolve. Its original Sicilian ancestor from the province surrounding the capital city of Palermo is called sfincione (or sfinciuni in dialect) and, while enjoyed year-round, is often served at New Year's and for the Feast of San Giovanni. The crust is light, fluffy, and slightly spongy, rather than dense and chewy, with a crisp bottom layer.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have sfincione using 15 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Sfincione:

1. Get 250 grams plain flour
2. Take 250 grams canadian strong flour
3. Prepare 400 ml warm water
4. Get 7 gram yeast sachet
5. Make ready 1 red onion
6. Prepare 70 grams breadcrumbs
7. Make ready Anchovies
8. Take 120 grams pecorino (or caciocavallo)
9. Prepare 50 grams grated parmesan cheese (or pecorino)
10. Get 400 grams tomato sauce
11. Prepare Oregano
12. Prepare Olive oil
13. Prepare Salt
14. Get Sugar
15. Prepare Black pepper

An authentic recipe often calls for herbs, onion, tomato sauce, strong cheese and anchovies. Sprinkle the yeast over the warm water in a large bowl. Sfincione (Sicilian New Years Pizza with Bread Crumbs, Onions, and Caciocavallo) Recipe. Note: Caciocavallo is a sheep's milk cheese from Sicily.

Steps to make Sfincione:

1. Start with preparing the dough. Place the two types of flour, yeast and 2 tablespoons of sugar in a bowl and gently mix. This is the flour mix.
2. Put the warm water and 50 ml of olive oil in a mixing bowl. Gradually add some of the flour mix at a time, while mixing either with a spoon or hands. When you have added half of the mix, add the teaspoon of salt and continue as before. 1. Once all of it has been mixed, cover the bowl with cling film and keep it in a warm and dry place for at least 2 hours to let it rise
3. Meanwhile, boil half a kettle. Slice the red onion into thin slices. Place the sliced onions into a pot and cover with the boiled water. Leave it for 5 minutes.
4. Drain the onions in a colander and transfer to a pan with a drizzle of olive oil and 2 finely slices anchovies. Cook over medium heat for 2-3 minutes. Then, add some cold water (about 100ml) and cook for about 10 minutes or until the water has absorbed and the onions feel soft.
5. Add the tomato sauce, 1 tablespoon of sugar and a pinch of salt and black pepper. Cook for another 5 minutes. This is your tomato sauce.
6. Slice the pecorino (or caciocavallo cheese) roughly into bite size cubes and grate the other cheese (parmesan or pecorino). Cut some anchovies (the amount will depend on how much you like anchovies!) into small bite size pieces.
7. Put the breadcrumbs in a separate frying pan with a drizzle of olive oil and a pinch of salt. Mix and cook for a few minutes until it looks toasted.
8. Once the dough is ready, line baking paper on a large tray and spread a small amount of olive oil with a brush. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Then place the dough onto the tray and spread it evenly in a rectangle shape. Again, apply a small amount of olive oil onto the dough with a brush.
9. Add the anchovies. We’ve only done half in this recipe as I’m not the biggest fan of it.
10. Add the tomato base sauce on top
11. Add the cubes of cheese (pecorino or caciocavallo), followed by grated cheese (parmesan or pecorino)
12. Add the breadcrumbs
13. Lastly, add the oregano and it is ready to get into the oven for 40 minutes.
14. Slice in rectangles and serve!

Sfincione (Sicilian New Years Pizza with Bread Crumbs, Onions, and Caciocavallo) Recipe. Note: Caciocavallo is a sheep's milk cheese from Sicily. When purchasing, ask for aged caciocavallo meant for grating. Sfincione is Sicily's own version of pizza al taglio, the South's answer to Liguria's sardenaira and, let me tell you, a delicacy that should be way more popular across the country than it is. Yes, because while it enjoys cult-status back home, in beautiful Sicilia, not many of us up North are familiar with it.

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