Coca de Recapte

FOR GENERATIONS THE HOUSEWIVES OF CATALONIA HAD A LOVE-HATE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CUINA ECONÓMICA — A CHARCOAL-BURNING BEAST ON WHICH THEY COOKED THEIR MEALS, HEATED THEIR WATER AND IN WHICH THEY BAKED THEIR COCAS. COCAS ARE LEAVENED FLATBREADS THAT ARE COOKED IN A HOT OVEN. YES, THEY ARE SIMILAR TO PIZZA, BUT NEVER TELL A CATALAN THAT THEIR COCA IS A PIZZA! TOPPED WITH WHATEVER WAS IN SEASON, SAVOURY OR SWEET, THE COCAS SOAKED UP THE HIGH HEAT OF AN OVEN