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Sfincione (Sicilian Style Pizza)

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Ingredients

Adjust Servings:
260ml Water =1 Cup of water
50gr Olive oil =3 Tablespoons of olive oil
5gr Fresh Yeast =0.20 ounce Fresh Yeast
Salt
Sugar
500gr Canned chopped Tomatoes =17 ounce Canned Chopped Tomatoes
3 White onions
300gr Caciocavallo =9 ounce Caciocavallo cheese
100gr Pecorino =3 ounce grated pecorino
10 Anchovy fillets in oil
50gr Breadcrumbs =3 Tablespoons Breadcrumbs
50gr Tomato puree =3 Tablespoons of tomato puree
1/2kg 00 Flour for pizza =17 ounce Pizza flour (00)
Oregano

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Sfincione (Sicilian Style Pizza)

  • 5h 50min
  • Serves 4
  • Easy

Ingredients

Directions

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Sfincione in its typical Sfincionaro version

This Sicilian Style Pizza called Sfincione, is diffused typically in the northwestern part of the island. “u ‘sfinciuni” is one of the most important Sicilian culinary specialities. It can be served as an appetizer on a family evening, or as a main course in place of the pizza! Here we propose the recipe for this dish with inimitable taste!

 

 

 

Make sure to look also for this variant of the classic Sfincione, called “White Sfincione” from Bagheria, a small town near Palermo.

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Steps

1
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Sift the flour and put it on your work surface. Try to give it the shape of a little mountain and make a well in the centre!

2
Done

Mix the water (it needs to be slightly warm) with the yeast - you can also add a teaspoon of sugar. When the yeast is perfectly dissolved, pour the mix on top of the flour mountain.

3
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Start mixing the mixture, adding a little of olive oil, salt and if needed a bit more water. Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 10 minutes or until smooth and elastic. The mixture needs to be slightly sticky, fluffy and homogeneous.

4
Done

Put the dough in a well-oiled bowl and with a knife make a cross on top of the dough. Cover with plastic wrap or a cloth and set aside in a warm, draught-free place to rise for 2 hours.

5
Done

Cut the onions into small pieces, put them in a pan and cook them in a slow fire with a bit of olive oil. Add the tomato puree, chopped tomatoes, 3/4 anchovies, salt and pepper and cook them in a slow fire for 20 minutes – keep adding water if it gets too dry.

6
Done

When the dough is ready (after 2 hours resting it should have double the size!), put it on a well-oiled baking tray; do not stretch and flatten too much the dough, like you’ll do for a pizza – for the Sfincione the base is thicker!

7
Done

Cut the caciocavallo cheese into small cubes and put it on top of the dough, pushing it a bit, and add the remaining anchovies. At the same time put the breadcrumbs on a pan with some oil and toast it for 1 minute or so.

8
Done

Now is the time to cover the dough with the sauce that you prepared on point 5, and add on top some grated caciocavallo, grated pecorino, oregano, the previously toasted breadcrumbs and some olive oil. Let it rest 30 minutes and in the meanwhile preheat the oven at a temperature of 220°C.

9
Done

Put the Sfincione on the oven for 20-30 minutes, and eat it while still hot!

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I would love to make this Sfincione. I ate it as a child when we visited my sicilian grandmother. However, I was very young and didn’t experience actually making it so I would need some instruction for amounts of the ingredients. Thank you

Tap on each icon and the measurements pop up. I can’t wait to make this. My grandmother made this all of the time. I was too young to ask questions and she never had it written down.

Since my mother regularily made homemade bread, she used some of the dough to make sfincione. My favorite was tomatoes with anchovies. A large tray was generally waiting for me as an after school treat…I thought everyone ate like we did! My mom was an innately talented “old country” Sicilian cook. The food eaten during my trips to Sicily were a veritable duplication of those I grew up with.

I’ve been looking for this recipe for a long time. I grew up with this and had it often when I was stationed in Sigonella.

Use a good kitchen scale to measure the grams. Or pop the grams into your Google search bar and ask for conversion! Enjoy

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