The Ruccolo, or Saint Joseph’s focaccia, is a rustic focaccia stuffed with spring onions, raisins, and anchovies, created to celebrate Saint Joseph’s Day but can be enjoyed all year round. It is a typical recipe from Gravina in Puglia. In dialect, it’s called “rucchele” (the “e” are not pronounced) and it should be written this way 🙂 Some prepare it with bread dough, some with shortcrust pastry, but in my house, my mom always made it with puff pastry, and I continue to do it like her. It’s not difficult to prepare, and success is guaranteed!
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Cheap
- Preparation time: 20 Minutes
- Cooking time: 30 Minutes
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons, Saint Joseph
Ingredients
- rolls Puff Pastry
- 3 oz Anchovies
- Raisins
- 4 Spring Onions
- Olive Oil
Preparation
As with all preparations with puff pastry, I recommend taking it out of the fridge at least half an hour before use and preparing all the ingredients on a work surface.
But let’s see together how to prepare the Ruccolo or Saint Joseph’s Focaccia.
First, we deal with the spring onions. Take them and wash them thoroughly to remove any traces of soil. Then remove the roots and cut off the green part. At this point, cut the onion in half and then into strips.
Finally, place them in a pan to stew with a few drizzles of oil.
Halfway through cooking, add the raisins.
Roll out the puff pastry, distribute the anchovies, and pour over the stewed spring onions with raisins.
Roll the pastry from the long side and then onto itself, forming a spiral.
Place the baking parchment with the pastry spiral on the base of a springform pan (24 cm) and apply light pressure on the surface to flatten the spiral. This way, it will become lower and wider. Finally, moisten the surface with the residual oil from the pan where you stewed the spring onions with raisins.
Remove the excess paper and close the springform pan. This way, it will be easier to manage. Place in the oven for about 30 minutes at 350°F on the middle rack.
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