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Recipe of « Sfincione de Palerme » (with tomato sauce)

Ingredients (for 4 people):

• 800 gf durum wheat flour
• 25 gr leaven
• 2 onions
• 500 gr peeled tomatoes
• 100 gr fresh “caciocavallo” cheese (sliced)
• 100 g anchovy fillet
• oregano
• bread crumbs
• extra virgin olive oil
• salt, pepper

Preparation:

1) Mix the flour with the dissolved yeast in a little tepid to warm water.
2) Mold the dough energetically, pour salt water until getting of a soft dough.
3) Pour the mixture in a floured bowl, cover with a tissue and let rise during 2 hours.
4) Meanwhile, brown finely cut onions in a frying pan with a little olive oil and some soup spoons of
water.
5) Crush tomatoes with a fork.
6) Pour the tomato purée in the frying pan with a pinch of salt and a pinch of pepper. Cook at
medium heat during approximately twenty minutes.
7) Give the dough a thickness of some centimeters and arrange it on an oven-proof dish.
8) Oil and sprinkle the surface with chopped anchovies.
9) Cover with the slices "Caciocavallo" cheese and pour the tomato sauce.
10) Sprinkle bread-crumb and oregano;
11) Cook the “sfincione” at 220°C during approximately twenty minutes.

Enjoy jour meal !

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