Seasonal vegetable coca
A Valencian-style dish: a base of olive oil-based dough, topped with a cold vegetable mixture (bell pepper, tomato, zucchini, eggplant), garlic, and papri…
This coca (a type of vegetable soup) is made year-round using seasonal vegetables, but it’s particularly delicious in the summer, when bell peppers, tomatoes, zucchini, and eggplant are at their peak flavor. It starts with the pasta coca base from “Bona” pasta.
Ingredients and directions
- Prep time40 min
- Cook time1 hr
- Resting1 hr
- Total2 hr 40 min
- DifficultyEasy
- CostBudget
- Cooking methodfour
- Estimated cost$5.72 $0.72 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
Ingredients
Dough
- $0.80
- $1.47
- $0.55
- $0.04
Decoration
- $0.22
- $1.18
- $0.06
- $0.20
Optional
- $1.20
Prices from US supermarkets for 7 of 9 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.
Directions
- Combine the flour, the yeast dissolved in water, the oil, and the salt, knead the dough, and let it rest.
- Chop the vegetables into strips and sauté them in olive oil with the minced garlic; season with salt and add the paprika. ≈ 8 min
- Allow the stew to cool completely.
- Preheat the oven to 200 °C.
- Place the dough on a greased baking sheet and spread the cold filling evenly over it. ≈ 4 min
- Cook for approximately 30 minutes.
- Serve as is, or with hard-boiled egg, tuna, or mackerel. ≈ 2 min
The bill
Seasonal vegetable coca
- 500 g of flour$0.80
- 125 ml of olive oil$1.47
- 10 grams of baker’s yeast$0.55
- 1 teaspoon of salt$0.04
- 2 to 3 cloves of garlic$0.22
- olive oil$1.18
- salt$0.06
- 1 teaspoon of paprika$0.20
- grated hard-boiled egg, tuna or bonito$1.20
Total$5.72
that's $0.72 per person
Estimated price; varies by store.
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