Savory coca with peas and espencat
A Valencian-style sandwich, half onion, green peas, tuna, and hard-boiled egg, and the other half filled with roasted vegetables and mojarra (a type of sm…
This vegetable and chickpea pie is perfect for a casual meal. Prepare it 2-3 hours before serving to allow the flavors to develop fully.
Ingredients and directions
- Prep time1 hr
- Cook time45 min
- Resting40 min
- Total2 hr 25 min
- DifficultyMedium
- CostBudget
- Cooking methodfour
- Estimated cost$14.99 $1.87 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
Ingredients
people
Dough
- $0.28
Half for the green peas
- $0.41
- $0.58
- $0.40
- $0.09
- $1.18
- $0.06
- $0.53
Halfway to the aspen grove
- $3.35
- $3.50
- $0.18
- $3.19
- $1.18
- $0.06
Prices from US supermarkets for 13 of 14 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.
Directions
- Prepare the dough and let it rise. ≈ 3 min
- While that’s happening, sauté the chopped onion, green peas, and garlic in olive oil until softened, with a pinch of salt and pepper.
- Once it’s cooked, add the chopped hard-boiled egg and the tuna. ≈ 3 min
- For the eggplant, wash the tomatoes, eggplant, bell peppers, and garlic, and roast them in the oven at 180 °C for about 40 minutes.
- Let them cool, peel them, and cut them into thin strips.
- Mix them together in a bowl with the olive oil, sliced chorizo, and a pinch of salt (the chorizo is already salty), and let it rest.
- Spread the dough evenly over a large, greased baking sheet. ≈ 4 min
- Cover one half of the green pea mixture with the mojama-sprouts mixture, and the other half with the green pea mixture. ≈ 3 min
- Bake for 30 to 45 minutes in a preheated oven at 180 °C, depending on your oven.
- Serve hot or cold. ≈ 2 min
The bill
Savory coca with peas and espencat
- Homemade bread dough made with 500g of wheat flour.$0.28
- 2 onions$0.41
- 250 g of fresh green peas$0.58
- 1 hard-boiled egg$0.40
- 1 clove of garlic$0.09
- olive oil$1.18
- salt$0.06
- black pepper$0.53
- 2 tomatoes$3.35
- 2 medium eggplants$3.50
- 2 cloves of garlic$0.18
- 2 medium-sized red bell peppers$3.19
- olive oil$1.18
- salt$0.06
Total$14.99
that's $1.87 per person
Estimated price; varies by store.
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