Fainà¡: Garbanzo Flatbread
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- 05 Jan 2022
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Prep: 45 mins
Cook: 15 mins
Total: 60 mins
Servings: 8 servings
Fainá is a nutty, peppery flatbread, related to the Italian flatbread farinata, made with garbanzo bean (chickpea) flour. The tradition of making garbanzo flour flatbread was brought to South America by Italian immigrants. It makes a great appetizer, especially with toppings. It's a gluten-free and vegan option to serve with dips or condiments such as chimichurri.
Fainá is often served as an accompaniment to pizza. In fact, topping a slice pizza with a piece of fainá is a very common practice in both Argentina and Uruguay, where fainá is hugely popular. When pizza and fainá are paired this way it's called pizza a caballo (horseback pizza), and you'll see it offered at pizzarias.
Fainá is very quick and easy to make, and you can find garbanzo bean flour at many natural food stores as well as in the section of the store dedicated to gluten-free ingredients. Chickpea flour is also easily found at Indian or Middle Easterns specialty food markets, where it might be called gram flour or besan.
Ingredients·
2 1/2 cups garbanzo bean flour
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 cup plus 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, or to taste
2 to 2 1/2 cups water
Steps to Make It
Gather the ingredients.
In a medium bowl, whisk the garbanzo bean flour with the salt, 3 tablespoons of the olive oil, the Parmesan cheese (if using) and a generous amount of ground black pepper.
Whisk in 1 3/4 cups of water until the mixture is well blended. Set the batter aside for about 30 minutes at room temperature to let the garbanzo flour absorb some of the water.
Preheat the oven to 450 F. When it is hot, place the remaining 1/4 cup olive oil in a 12-inch pizza pan. Heat the pan in the oven until very hot.
Gradually stir remaining water into the batter mixture until it is thin enough to pour. Remove the hot pizza pan from oven, and immediately pour the batter into the pan. The batter should make a thin layer, about 1/4 inch. Place the pan back in the oven and bake until fainá is golden and crispy about 8 to 10 minutes. Read More…
