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Socca · Nice
Socca is the Nicois chickpea flour pancake, baked at 300C in a wood burning oven on a large copper plate, crisp on the edges and silky in the centre, salt and black pepper at the table.
Socca came out of Genoese and Ligurian cooking centuries ago as farinata, the chickpea pancake the people of Nice adopted under the Savoyard centuries. Chez Pipo (1923), Chez Theresa (1925) and Lou Pilha Leva are the three Nice addresses still firing socca in wood ovens at 300C, the canonical city street food. Cucina Nissarda treats the dish as the Nicois centrepiece and the Cuisine Nissarde label requires it on every certified restaurant menu.
Where to eat in Nice:
- Chez Pipo
- Lou Pilha Leva
- Rene Socca
- Chez Theresa
Where to eat Socca in Nice: the editor picks