Coca de recapte

Typical coca de recapte catalana.

Coca de recapte is a typical salted coca from Catalonia. History and characteristics

It is mainly consumed and elaborated in the provinces of Gerona, Barcelona, ​​Tarragona and Lleida, and consists of a mass mixed with escalivada (peppers and eggplants roasted in the oven), which can be added various ingredients, mainly sardine , herring or butifarra, but lately it has become fashionable to make it with tuna, onion, olives, tomato, etc. Its origin is confused, although some attribute it to the time of the Roman domination of Hispania, by its great similarity with the Italian pizza and also speaks of its possible Arab origin.

This coca can be consumed one day after cooking, and although it is common to make it at home, it is also very common to find it all year round in the bakeries and ovens of Catalonia; (recapte is a Catalan word meaning to collect). It was originally prepared for the holidays, because it is easy to share and eat at any time, standing and with your hands, which allows you to quench the hunger that goes into sleeping and eating while one dances or moves to converse with different people .

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