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Baciocca Ligure - the little different potatoe-cake

Ingredients:

 

  • 1 pack of puff pastry
  • 1 kg potatoes
  • 2 onions of middle size
  • 100 g pancetta or smoked pork belly
  • 3 eggs
  • 50 g grated Parmesan-cheese
  • 30 g breadcrumbs
  • olive oil
  • salt and pepper

 

Although "Baciocca" is typical Ligurian it is a rarity in Liguria! After a while of asking friends we could get the recipe which we want to present you here. Have fun cooking this delicious dish!

Directions:

 

Peel the potatoes, cut them in thin slices and cook them for ca. 3 min. in lightly salted water. Then pour the water off, put the potatoe slices on a kitchen paper and salt them to taste. 

 

Peel and chop the onions and steam them in a pan with some olive oil. Chop the pancetta/smoked pork belly, add it to the onions and roast it gently.

 

Put the potatoes, the onions and the pancetta/smoked pork belly in a bowl, add the Parmesan-cheese and blend everything well.

 

Crack the eggs into another bowl and mix them with a fork, add some salt and pepper to taste. Then add the eggs to the warm ingredients and blend everything. 

 

Cover a baking pan with the puff pastry, prick the pastry with a fork and put the mixture onto it. Then spread the breadcrumbs on top, put the baking pan into the heated oven and bake the Baciocca at 190 °C for ca. 55 minutes.