Name: Pitta bread
Prep time: 2 h 47 min
Cook time: 3 min
Total time: 2 h 50 min
Yield: 8 Pittas bread
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 500 g flour; 25 g yeast; 300 ml water; 9 g salt; 2 tablespoons olive oil; ½ teaspoon caster sugar

Step by step recipe

Step 1 - ⌛ 3 min.

In the mixer bowl, or a large bowl, pour ½ teaspoon caster sugar, 9 g salt and 300 ml water.

Add 500 g flour, 25 g yeast, and finally 2 tablespoons olive oil.

Step 2 - ⌛ 4 min.

Knead for about 4 minutes at medium speed...

Step 3

...until you obtain a soft, smooth paste.

Note: For the best way to knead, see: A few tips for effective kneading at home.

Step 4 - ⌛ 2 hours

Gather the dough into a ball in a bowl, flour it, then cover it with plastic wrap and leave to rise at room temperature for 1? to 2 hours...

Step 5

...until the dough has more or less doubled in volume.

Step 6

After this time, take out the dough and quickly flatten it by hand into a large square.

Step 7

Cut it into "lines"...

Step 8

Cut into small dough pieces weighing about 100g.

Step 9

Roll the dough into a ball and place on a floured baking sheet, then cover with plastic wrap.

Leave to rise again for around 30 minutes at room temperature.

Step 10 - ⌛ 30 min.

Then roll out the balls of dough into flat rounds approximately 10-15 cm (4-6") diameter and about 5 mm ( ¼") thick (they should not be any thinner).

Step 11 - ⌛ 10 min.

Cook the pitta:

Using a wood fire if you have a bread oven
In a convential oven at 240°C ou 464°F, directly on the oven floor

Step 12 - ⌛ 3 min.

If you use a bread oven, take care because the pitta cook very quickly (one minute or less!), and need to be turned round and over to colour uniformly.

Your pitta bread is finished.

Step 13

You could throw a "pitta party", preparing everything to be put out on the table, leaving your guests to assemble their own pitta sandwiches. Choose a variety of fillings such as:

Diced tomato and cucumber with herbs and vinaigrette.

Step 14

Diced avocado in a lime and olive oil vinaigrette.

Step 15

Tuna rillettes.

Step 16

Guacamole, Hummus, etc.

Step 17

To make a pitta sandwich, cut in half while still warm.

Step 18

Then fill the pocket of each half as you choose from the suggestions above.

Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	6 g RDI=10 %	44 g RDI=17 %	4 g RDI=5 %	237 kcal RDI=12 %	992 kJ RDI=12 %
Per piece	7 g RDI=10 %	48 g RDI=18 %	4 g RDI=6 %	256 kcal RDI=13 %	1,071 kJ RDI=13 %
Whole recipe	55 g RDI=84 %	382 g RDI=144 %	34 g RDI=46 %	2,046 kcal RDI=102 %	8,567 kJ RDI=102 %