Pissaladière
Nice's onion tart — a bread-dough base under a deep layer of onions stewed slowly in olive oil until sweet, criss-crossed with anchovies and dotted with black olives.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 300 g strong white bread flour
- 5 g dried yeast
- 180 ml lukewarm water
- 1 tsp salt
- 7 tbsp olive oil
- 1.2 kg onions, thinly sliced
- 2 garlic cloves, sliced
- 4 sprigs thyme
- 1 bay leaf
- 16 fillets anchovy fillets in oil
- 20 small black olives
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 7522 kcal · P 453.8g · C 500g · F 427.1g
Estimated from 11 of 11 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
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Steps
Steps
- 1Mix the flour, yeast and salt, add the water and 2 tbsp of the oil and knead for 8 minutes until smooth. Cover and leave to rise for 1 hour, until doubled.
- 2Meanwhile heat 4 tbsp of the oil in a wide, heavy pan over medium-low heat, add the onions, garlic, thyme and bay, cover and cook for 45 minutes, stirring now and then, until very soft and pale gold.
- 3Uncover and cook for 10 minutes more to drive off the liquid — wet onions make a soggy base. Remove the bay leaf and thyme stalks.
- 4Heat the oven to 220°C. Oil a baking tray with the remaining oil and press the dough out on it into a rectangle about 25 × 35 cm.
- 5Spread the onions evenly over the dough, leaving a 1 cm border.
- 6Lay the anchovies over the top in a lattice of diamonds and put an olive in the centre of each diamond.
- 7Bake for 20–25 minutes, until the crust is golden and crisp underneath.
- 8Cool for 10 minutes and cut into squares; serve warm or at room temperature.
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Questions and answers
How long does Pissaladière take to make?
About 110 minutes: 30 min prep and 80 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Pissaladière?
11 ingredients: strong white bread flour, dried yeast, lukewarm water, salt, olive oil, onions, garlic cloves, thyme, bay leaf, anchovy fillets in oil, small black olives.
How many servings does this Pissaladière recipe make?
6 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Pissaladière?
About 1254 kcal, with 75.6 g protein, 83.3 g carbohydrate and 71.2 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Pissaladière recipe suit?
It is dairy-free.
What cuisine is Pissaladière?
Pissaladière comes from French cuisine.
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