Schiacciata with Figs
Schiacciata with Figs is the perfect dish to compliment my Amarone della Valpolicella wine tonight. If we eat in on a Friday night, then we have a really good bottle of wine: the wine’s flavours of brown sugar, figs and molasses go well with the flavours of this bread. I want a sweet dish that I can eat as an appetizer or a main. In Sicily the schiacciata is any sheet of bread dough that encompasses a variety of food be it sweet or savoury. It is street food; it is a peasant dish that surrounds the flavours of the land.
More information on Amarone wine: http://winefolly.com/review/amarone-wine-turns-raisins-into-gold/
Beyond the Sicilian Recipe
The best known schiacciata comes from Tuscany and I eat it there when visiting. Today I want to fuse the flavours of Sicily and Tuscany. I am using figs with onions and grapes to flavour this flat bread. I think it will make a wonderful Friday night dish to sit around with a bold glass of wine and watch a movie.
For the bread dough I use my mom’s no-fail dough that doesn’t require the extensive rising process. Mom uses it for a variety of things and it is actually her Italian bread stick dough. Don’t tell her, but I even use it to make my Tempting Italian Pizza buns : http://esatmytable.com/buns-stuffed-with-rapini-sausage-and-onions/
It’s a beautiful thing to see the figs, grapes and onions up close. 
Just out of the oven, this sweet and savoury bread.
It was a lovely Friday night:I served the schiacciata with a light green salad. The salad had mixed greens, Bosc pears, avocado, olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
Schiacciata with Figs and Grapes
A savoury and sweet dish for any table.
Ingredients
The Dough
- https://recipesatmytable.com/buns-stuffed-with-rapini-sausage-and-onions/
The Gathering for the Schiacciata
- 100 gr of soft dried figs I used an organic brand
- 200 gr black seedless grapes leave half whole, cut others lenghtwise
- 3 small red onion
- 1/2 tbsp dried fennel
- 1 tbsp coconut sugar
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp Italian seasoning
- salt and pepper
Instructions
The Assembly
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Prepare the dough as per recipe and cover with a towel. Let it sit for 15 minutes.
Heat oven to 400 F.
Put the onions in a bowl and toss with olive oil and Italian seasoning. Salt and pepper.
Divide your bread dough in half.
Stretch out to form a rectangle.
Place on a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
Add the sliced grapes, half the figs and half the onions.
Sprinkle with half the coconut sugar, half the fennel seeds and add freshly ground black pepper.
Stretch out the second piece of dough and place over the first.
Place the whole grapes, figs and remainder of the onions.
Sprinkle with the remaining coconut sugar and fennel seeds. Add freshly ground place pepper.
Drizzle with some more olive oil.
Cook for 30 minutes.
Slice into squares and enjoy.
Recipe Notes
For added texture you can grind the pepper coarsely.
Coconut sugar is easily found in grocery stores, but if you don't have it brown sugar will do; I like different depths of flavour.
Your schiacciata can be sweet, savoury or both. Experiment.
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