The Catalan TableAranese Onion Coca
The Aranese onion coca is a delicious base of puff pastry, topped with caramelized onions and tomatoes, that combines a crunchy texture with the sweet and intense flavor of the ingredients.
Ingredients
Servings
6
Measurement units
Main Ingredients
- 1 griddlestore-bought shortcrust pastry
- 8 medium onions
- 4 ripe and firm tomatoes
- 100 gramsgrated cheese (Emmental, …)
- 75 gramspitted black olives
- 8 anchovy fillets in oil
- butter
- oregano
Nutritional Information
Per serving
Calculated for 6 servings
Calories
360 kcal
Protein
10.8 g
Fat
17.4 g
Carbohydrates
42.4 g
Calculated from reviewed ingredient weights and pinned USDA FoodData Central records.
Step-by-step Guide
Method
- Grease the baking tray with a little oil.
- Roll the shortcrust on the tray to about 5 mm thick.
- Pinch up a raised edge; mark it with a fork and make a border by pressing index and thumb in and out.
- Slice the tomatoes thinly, salt them and leave in a colander over a plate for an hour to drain.
- Sweat the onion slowly with a little butter and a pinch of salt.
- Let it cool and, when tepid, spread it over the pastry.
- Half an hour before baking, preheat the oven to 180 ºC.
- Lay the tomato slices on the onion.
- Bake at 200 ºC for about 15 minutes.
- Take out, add the anchovy fillets, black olives and grated cheese.
- Return to the oven 5 minutes more.
Recommendations & Tricks
- To make the shortcrust yourself, see the basic doughs chapter, recipe “Pasta brisa – massa bàsica”.
Original recipe
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