Savory coca with peas and espencat

Savory coca with peas and espencat

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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…

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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

8 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

  1. Prepare the dough and let it rise. ≈ 3 min
  2. While that’s happening, sauté the chopped onion, green peas, and garlic in olive oil until softened, with a pinch of salt and pepper.
  3. Once it’s cooked, add the chopped hard-boiled egg and the tuna. ≈ 3 min
  4. For the eggplant, wash the tomatoes, eggplant, bell peppers, and garlic, and roast them in the oven at 180 °C for about 40 minutes.
  5. Let them cool, peel them, and cut them into thin strips.
  6. 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.
  7. Spread the dough evenly over a large, greased baking sheet. ≈ 4 min
  8. Cover one half of the green pea mixture with the mojama-sprouts mixture, and the other half with the green pea mixture. ≈ 3 min
  9. Bake for 30 to 45 minutes in a preheated oven at 180 °C, depending on your oven.
  10. 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.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • Homemade bread dough made with 500g of wheat flour.
  • 2 onions
  • 250 g of fresh green peas
  • 1 can of tuna
  • 1 hard-boiled egg
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • olive oil
  • salt
  • black pepper
  • 2 tomatoes
  • 2 medium eggplants
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • 2 medium-sized red bell peppers
  • 100 g of mojarra (dried, salted tuna)
  • olive oil
  • salt

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