Pissaladière

Recipe from Jeannine Berenger.

Ingredients:

  • 2 1/4 cups of flour
  • 2 packets of yeast
  • salt and pepper
  • 8 onions
  • 1/2 tube of anchovy creme (this comes in a tube; when Jeannine made this for us in NY, we found the anchovy creme to be MUCH more salty than in Europe, so we cut in half)
  • Niçoises olives
  • olive oil
  • sunflower oil

Preparation:

For the crust, mix together flour, yeast (after diluting it in a glass of warm water) and a pinch of salt. Add a glass of water if necessary. Let it rest for 1 1/2 hour in a warm room. When the dough has risen, add 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Knead. Spread the crust by hand in a tart mold with paper.

Cook onions slowly in half sunflower oil/half olive oil. When they are golden, take them out of the fire and add the anchovy paste with a little ground peppercorn. Mix together well. Spread on the pie crust and garnish with Niçoises olives. Preheat oven at 355˚F for about 10 minutes. Cook the pissaladière for about 45 minutes. If the onions look that they are burning, cover with aluminium foil to finish cooking.

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