Scaccia

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Scaccia is a Sicilian flatbread that begins as a thin rectangle of dough, folded onto itself three or four times until it becomes something altogether different—layered, compressed, transformed. The filling shifts with season and place: ricotta and onion in one kitchen, tomato and eggplant in another, cheese and tomato elsewhere. Baked until set, it arrives at the table ready to eat hot or cold, a bread that holds its fillings with quiet intention.

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Scaccia (pl.: scacce), scacciata or schiacciata is a Sicilian stuffed flatbread. Scaccia is made with a very thin rectangular layer of dough, folded on itself three or four times. It can be stuffed with different ingredients, the more common variations are ricotta cheese and onion, cheese and tomato, tomato and onion, or tomato and eggplant, depending on location, taste, or season. It is baked and can be eaten hot or cold. Scacciata derives from the Sicilian word meaning to drive away, equivalent to the Italian word schiacciata, meaning 'to crush' or 'to flatten'. Scaccia can be found in Ragusa and Siracusa, as well as some Sicilian American communities (namely Middletown, Connecticut).

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