Chickpea flat bread

Name: Chickpea flat bread (Fainá)
Cuisine: Argentine
Ingredients: sea salt and ground black pepper; 50 ml/2 fl oz/¼ cup olive oil, plus extra for greasing and drizzling; 900 ml/1½ pints/3¾ cups water; 300 g/11 oz/2¼ cups gram flour; sea salt and ground black pepper

Fainá

Preparation info

Serves
4–8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Food and Cooking of Argentina

By Cesar Bartolini

Published 2014

About

This simple unleavened bread is made with gram flour, a pale yellow powdery flour, made from chickpeas, that has a mild earthy flavour. Slices of fainá are often served alongside pizza, and Argentinians enjoy a slice of this placed on top of a slice of pizza and eaten together like a sandwich.

Ingredients

300 g/11 oz/2¼ cups gram flour
900

Americas
Argentina
Bread
Sandwich
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Put the gram flour in a bowl, and pour in the water and oil. Using a balloon or electric whisk, mix until the batter is smooth and lump-free. Season with salt and pepper. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and chill for 2 hours.