Smacafam

Buckwheat-Polenta Pie with Sausage

Preparation info
  • Serves

    6

    as main course
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Italian Slow and Savory

By Joyce Goldstein

Published 2004

  • About

Smaccare means “to shame,” and fame means “hunger.” Smacco loosely translates as a mortification or slap in the face. Smacafàm is a hearty, rustic pizza or pancake from the Trentino that will banish your hunger. It is enhanced with onion and sausage and makes for a filling meal, best accompanied with a simple green salad, or cut into small wedges and served as an appetizer. The Trentino and the Valtellina are mountainous northern regions where coarsely milled buc