Today we’ll taste my version of the delicious “Pitta di Patate Salentina” (Potato Bake Italian recipe), a specialty from my Salento region! It is basically a potato pie/cake, the Italian way.
There are many versions of this southern Italian classic and today I decided to show you how to make this Potato Bake using canned tuna, olives and capers.
You could choose to use ham and mozzarella instead, whatever floats your boat! I particularly like this dish when it’s been resting for a few hours after taking it out of the oven: that is when the crunchiness of the top layer (made up of grated Parmesan cheese and breadcrumbs) mixes best with the kicking tomato sauce with lots of onions!
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Potato Bake Italian recipe - Pitta di Patate from Puglia - Potato pie from Salento
Equipment
- Oven Tray
- Potato Masher
Ingredients
- 1 kg potatoes
- 200 gr Parmesan cheese grated
- 60 gr breadcrumbs
- 180 gr canned tuna in brine
- 680 ml Tomato Passata
- 2 onions big
- black olives
- capers
- 2 eggs
- parsley
- mint
- salt
- olive oil extra virgin
Procedure
- First thing, boil the potatoes and when they are soft enough, mash them in a bowl.
- In the meanwhile, get some sauce to start cooking: chop 2 big onions roughly and sweat them in a pan;
- After a few minutes when the onions started to golden, add the capers, the olives and the tuna. Keep cooking at low heat for 20/30 minutes - stir often;
- In the bowl with the mashed potatoes, add the 2 eggs, some parsley and mint finely chopped, most of the Parmesan cheese and breadcrumbs, a couple of spoons of the tomato sauce. Mix with your hands until you get a paste of good consistency;
- Start layering the potato paste and the tomato sauce in an oven tray;
- Pour some olive oil at the bottom of the oven tray, sprinkle some breadcrumbs, then form the first layer with the potato paste (about 1 cm high), then add a rich layer of tomato sauce. Then, cover the sauce with one layer of potato paste, add a bit of sauce on top and finally cover everything with the remaining Parmesan cheese and breadcrumbs.
- Put in the pre-heated oven at 200 degrees for 45-60 minutes.
- You can eat the potato bake (Pitta di Patate from Salento!) either warm or cold
- ENJOY!
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