Crispy socca pancake with smoked salmon
Serves: 1
Prep time: 15 minsTotal time: 
Recipe photography by Ant Duncan
Crispy socca pancake with smoked salmon
Pancakes made with chickpea (gram) flour are common all around the Mediterranean, with socca hailing from Nice. To serve two, double the ingredients and cook a larger sharing pancake in a 28cm pan
Serves: 1
Prep time: 15 minsTotal time: 
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Nutritional information (per serving)
Calories
405Kcal
Fat
19gr
Saturates
3gr
Carbs
30gr
Sugars
3gr
Fibre
7gr
Protein
25gr
Salt
1.5gr
Tamsin Burnett-Hall
Tamsin learned the tricks of the trade from cookery legend Delia Smith. A trusted recipe writer for the magazine for over 25 years, she is now our Senior Food Producer, overseeing testing and editing to ensure that every recipe tastes great, is straightforward to follow and works without fail. In her home kitchen, Tamsin creates fuss-free flavour-packed food for friends and family, with baking being her ultimate form of comfort cooking
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Tamsin Burnett-Hall
Tamsin learned the tricks of the trade from cookery legend Delia Smith. A trusted recipe writer for the magazine for over 25 years, she is now our Senior Food Producer, overseeing testing and editing to ensure that every recipe tastes great, is straightforward to follow and works without fail. In her home kitchen, Tamsin creates fuss-free flavour-packed food for friends and family, with baking being her ultimate form of comfort cooking
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Ingredients
- 50g gram (chickpea) flour
- 2 tbsp chopped coriander, plus leaves to garnish
- 2 tsp olive oil
- about 5 baby plum tomatoes
- ¼ ripe avocado
- a squeeze of lime juice, plus wedges to serve
- 25g smoked salmon (trimmings are fine here)
- 75g fatfree cottage cheese
Step by step
- Add the gram flour, half the coriander, a pinch of salt and a good grinding of pepper to a bowl. Mix in 1 teaspoon of oil and 90ml cold water until you have a smooth batter. Set aside for a few minutes while you prep the filling ingredients.
- Dice the tomatoes and avocado and mix with a squeeze of lime juice plus salt and pepper to taste, then stir through the rest of the coriander. Chop or tear the smoked salmon into small pieces.
- Heat 1 teaspoon of oil in a nonstick frying pan (about 20cm base diameter), letting it get good and hot before pouring in the batter and swirling it around the pan evenly. Cook for 3 minutes on a mediumhigh heat until crisp and golden brown then flip and cook for about 2 minutes on the other side.
- Turn out onto a plate and add the cottage cheese on half of the pancake. Spoon the tomatoavo salad on top, add the smoked salmon and then fold over. Garnish with extra coriander and serve with lime wedges and pepper.
