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Fainá

Name: Fainá
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Uruguay
Ingredients: 200g Chickpea flour; 500ml Water; 5 tbsp Olive oil; 1 tsp Salt; 1/2 tsp Black Pepper

Snack

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐

Chickpea flour batter baked thin — a staple of Uruguayan pizzerias brought by Italian immigrants.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Fainá came from farinata of Liguria in northern Italy, brought by Italian immigrants: chickpea flour is mixed with water and olive oil and baked thin. It's a staple on Uruguayan pizzeria menus, and eating a slice of fainá stacked on pizza — 'a caballo' (on horseback) — is popular.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At the counter of a long-established pizzeria in Montevideo, a slice of thin pizza stacked with chickpea flatbread is handed over and eaten standing up.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Chickpea flour 200g
Water 500ml
Olive oil 5 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp
Black Pepper 1/2 tsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Add water little by little to the chickpea flour and salt, mixing so there are no lumps.
Add 2 tbsp olive oil and rest at least 1 hour.
Put the remaining olive oil in a baking tray and heat in a 250°C oven for 5 minutes.
Pour in the batter thinly.
Bake at 250°C for 15–20 minutes until golden on top.
Sprinkle with pepper and cut into squares.

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