Healthy Food Workshop 2017-Giulia Pisani

1. By: Audrey, Elin and Giulia

3.  250 g of chickpeas flour
 750 g of water
 1 spoonful of salt
 25 g of extra virgin olive oil + 25 g for oiling
1 bowl 1 whisk 1 pan for oven

4. 1. Take water into a bowl and add the chickpeas flour
while mixing with a whisk

5. 2. Let it sleep for 4 hours

6. 3. After 4 hours withdraw the foam using a slotted
spoon. Then add a spoonful of salt and 25 g of oil
while mixing with the whisk

7. 4. Grease 2 pans of φ32 with the oil and pour the
mixture in equal parts in both the pans

8. …or you can cook half of the gruel on fire along with
onions

9. 5. Put the pans into the preheated oven at 200°C for 30
minutes or cook over the fire like an omelette for 10
minutes about for each side

10. IT COULD BE CONSIDERED ANOTHER KIND OF
OMELETTE WITHOUT EGGS! 
 Lot of Proteins: this recipe contains about 2 times of
the proteins contained in 1 egg
 Few Fats: it has half of the fats contained in 1 egg (and
there are only good fats!)
 Zero Cholesterol
 Rich in Iron: it has about 4 times the amount of iron
contained in a chicken breast

11. Nutritional Facts
100g
EGGS
CHICKEN
BREAST
CHICKPEAS
Carbohydrates Traces 0 g 50,6 g
Fibers 0 g 0 g 13,8 g
Proteins 12,4 g 30,2 g 21,8 g
Fats
Saturated Fatty Acids
Monounsaturated F.A.
Polyunsaturated F.A.
Cholesterol
8,70 g
3,17 g
2,58 g
1,26 g
370 mg
0,90 g
0,29 g
0,23 g
0,25 g
75 g
4,7 g
0,63 g
1,36 g
2,69 g
0,0 g
Iron n.d. 0,60 mg 6,10 mg
Calcium n.d. 5 mg 117,0 mg
Vitamins
A
C
E
n.d.
0 mg
n.d.
0 g
0 g
0 g
30,0 μg
5,0 mg
2,61 mg
*Compositions of Foodstuff Charts INRAN - Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca per gli Alimenti
e la Nutrizione (National Institution for research about Food and Nutrition)

12.  It can also be cooked on the fire
 You can also add cooked vegetables (like onions) as
you can do with an omelette
 You can also add some spices as you prefer
 You can eat it inside a sandwich or with a salad etc.

13. The origin of this recipe is
Italian and belongs to the
age of the ‘Sailor Republics’
in the middle age.
‘Sailor Republics’ were port
cities which, thanks to
their maritime activities,
had political autonomy and
economic prosperity.
The most important of
them were Amalfi, Genova,
Pisa and Venezia.

14. In the ‘discovery’ of the
gruel of chickpeas are
involved two of them:
Genova and Pisa.
These two republics fought
in the “battle of Meloria”.

15. IN THIS FIGHT THE
WINNER WAS GENOVA.

16. During the return to their
city the fleet of Genova was
involved into a storm.
In the bastle some sacks of
chickpeas and some olive
oil casks tipped out, mixing
with the sea water.
Because there was less food
on the ship they recovered
all that they could.

17. This was what sailors had
to eat; fortunately some of
them didn’t eat it and left
it in the sun.
The day after they were
very hungry and they ate
the dry-gruel discovering
that it was good!

18. Coming back to home
they try to cook it into the
oven to improve their
discovery.
They called it ‘the gold of
Pisa’ to remark their win
on their rivals.