With red onions and cheese, it is called this because the hot cheese on the pasta "row" while cutting. Here is the recipe to prepare it at home
"There filascetta it's a flat bread typical of the Lario area, on the Lake Como and more precisely of a country, Dongo, which claims its birthplace. It's about a recipe ideal for aperitifs, for a standing dinner, for an afternoon break for young and old.
Why is this focaccia called filascetta? Because, covered with cheese, it turns out to be a beauty when it is ready to eat and breaks into several parts to serve it.
In the original recipe of the filascetta there are also onions red. Let's see it.
How to prepare the string at home
Ingredients
The ingredients they serve for prepare the string are: 400 g of flour, 15 g of fresh brewer's yeast, 350 g of red onions, 150 g of stringy cheese such as scamorza or fontina cheese, 40 g of butter, extra virgin olive oil, salt, sugar.
Method
To prepare the filascetta at home kneading the flour with oil, salt and yeast dissolved with a little warm water until a soft and uniform dough is obtained which must rest, protected from a damp cloth, for about an hour and a half in a dry place.
While the dough rests yes they clean the onions and cut into thin slices, then in a saucepan with the butter they dry on a very low heat for about 45 minutes, being careful not to burn them.
It's time to pick up the dough, knead it a little more with your hands and give it the shape of one donut before putting it on the pan. At this point, the filascetta pasta is seasoned with onions and cheese cut into thin slices, a pinch of salt and one of sugar and put in the oven. The cooking must be at 190 ° for about 25 minutes.
The focaccia should be eaten preferably when it is still hot.
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