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Chorizo cake with olives and tomato confit
Here's a recipe for a very tasty savory cake, ideal for an aperitif, with black olives, grilled chorizo and tomato confit.
5,463 3/5 (3 reviews)
1 hour 20 min.
Easy
5.05 €
4 people
11 IngredientsLast modified on: October 15th 2025
For 4 people, you will need:
- 1
100 g Chorizo - 2
100 g preserved tomatoes - 3
150 g flour - 4
3 eggs - 5
10 g baking powder - 6
2 g pepper - 7
2 g salt - 8
100 g oil - 9
125 g milk - 10
100 g grated cheese - 11
100 g black olives - Total weight: 940 grams
Times for this recipe
Preparation: 25 min.
Cooking: 60 min.
All in all: 1 hour 20 min.
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - ⌛ 3 min.
Ingredients
Cut 100 g Chorizo into small pieces.
Stage 2 - ⌛ 1 min.
Place in a small frying pan over medium heat...
Stage 3 - ⌛ 7 min.
...And grill them to your liking.
Discard the grease at the bottom of the pan after cooking, and set aside.
Discard the grease at the bottom of the pan after cooking, and set aside.
Stage 4 - ⌛ 3 min.
Cut 100 g preserved tomatoes into small pieces or strips and set aside.
Stage 5 - ⌛ 3 min.
The cake batter
Pour 150 g flour, 3 eggs, 10 g baking powder, 2 g pepper and 2 g salt into a bowl and mix well.
Stage 7 - ⌛ 2 min.
Add 100 g grated cheese and mix again.
Stage 8 - ⌛ 3 min.
Finish by adding 100 g black olives, chorizo and tomatoes, mixing well.
Stage 9 - ⌛ 3 min.
Baking
Pour into a buttered cake tin, or into 2 small moulds as shown in the photo.
Stage 10 - ⌛ 50 min.
Bake at 180°C (360°F) for 50-55 minutes.
Stage 11
Enjoy warm or cold, for example as an aperitif, cut into small cubes.
Remarks
You can coarsely chop the olives before adding them to the dough, but it's not essential.
For the choice of grated cheese, Comté would be a natural choice, but let your own taste guide you.
For the choice of grated cheese, Comté would be a natural choice, but let your own taste guide you.
Keeping: A few days in the fridge, protected by cling film.
Source: Homemade, from a recipe by the bakers at the Girardeau flour mill.
Nutritional information
| Proteins (gr) | Carbohydrates (gr) | Fats (gr) | Energy value (in k-calories) | Energy value (in k-joules) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole recipe | 100 RDI=40 % | 150 RDI=20 % | 480 RDI=70 % | 3,330 RDI=170 % | 13,950 RDI: 170 % |
| Per 100 g | 10 RDI=4 % | 20 RDI=2 % | 50 RDI=8 % | 350 RDI=20 % | 1,490 RDI: 20 % |
| Per person | 20 RDI=9 % | 40 RDI=4 % | 120 RDI=20 % | 830 RDI=40 % | 3,490 RDI: 40 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 4 people : 5.05 €
- Per person : 1.30 €
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Flour
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Milk
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Preserved tomatoes
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Grated cheese
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