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Potato and apple tart with onion and olive

Pitta di patate, Salento potato pie with onions and olives

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A Salento focaccia: two layers of earthy apple puree with pecorino, egg, and mint, encasing a filling of melted onions with tomatoes, olives, and capers, …

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Recipe from Florixc, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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Potato pitta can be eaten hot or cold. Each family in Puglia has its own variation; the filling of onions, olives, and capers is the most traditional.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time40 min
  • Cook time55 min
  • Resting10 min
  • Total1 hr 45 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostModerate
  • Cooking methodfour
  • Estimated cost$19.03 $3.17 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten-free

Ingredients

6 people

Dough

  • $2.13
  • $5.59
  • $0.40
  • $0.33
  • $0.04
  • $0.88
  • $0.61

Farce

  • $1.04
  • $5.16
  • $0.84
  • $0.85
  • $0.24
  • $0.04
  • $0.88

Prices from US supermarkets for 11 of 14 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Boil the apples in water, peel them, and mash them while still warm.
  2. Heat the finely chopped onions in the olive oil.
  3. Add the tomatoes, olives, capers, oregano, and salt, and let it cook.
  4. Combine the chilled apples with the pecorino cheese, egg, chopped mint, salt, a drizzle of oil, and a small amount of passata.
  5. Grease a dish and spread half of the mashed potatoes on it. ≈ 4 min
  6. Add the filling. ≈ 3 min
  7. Cover the rest with mashed potatoes, ensuring the edges are well sealed. ≈ 3 min
  8. Brush the surface with oil and sprinkle with breadcrumbs. ≈ 2 min
  9. Bake at approximately 200 °C (400 °F) for about 25 minutes, or until the top is golden brown.

The bill

Pitta di patate, Salento potato pie with onions and olives

  • 1 kg of ground apples$2.13
  • 200 g of grated pecorino cheese$5.59
  • 1 egg$0.40
  • A few sprigs of mint$0.33
  • salt$0.04
  • extra virgin olive oil$0.88
  • A little bit of tomato puree$0.61
  • 500 g of onions$1.04
  • 400 g of tomato pulp$5.16
  • black olives$0.84
  • to frolic; to gambol; to skip about$0.85
  • oregano$0.24
  • salt$0.04
  • olive oil$0.88

Total$19.03

that's $3.17 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

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Ingredients

  • 1 kg of ground apples
  • 200 g of grated pecorino cheese
  • 1 egg
  • A few sprigs of mint
  • salt
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • A little bit of tomato puree
  • breadcrumbs, for topping
  • 500 g of onions
  • 400 g of tomato pulp
  • black olives
  • to frolic; to gambol; to skip about
  • oregano
  • salt
  • olive oil

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