1,461 easy and fully explained recipes, with +66K photos and 78 videos

Pitta bread

This Lebanese speciality is made as a flat round pocket, which can be filled with all manner of things.

518 K 1× 4.2/5 (91 reviews)

2 hours 55 min. difficulté

Easy

1.45 €

16 Pittas bread

6 Ingredients

Last modified on: February 21^th 2011

For 16 Pittas bread, you will need:

1 1 kg flour
2 50 g yeast
3 600 g water
4 18 g salt
5 4 tablespoons olive oil
6 1 teaspoon caster sugar
Total weight: 1,735 grams

Change these quantities to make:

4 Pittas bread 8 Pittas bread 16 Pittas bread 24 Pittas bread

Change measures:

Metric

Metric weight Metric volumes

Times for this recipe

Preparation: 25 min.

Resting: 2 hours 30 min.

Cooking: 3 min.

All in all: 2 hours 55 min.

When should you start or finish this recipe?

If you start now, at , you will finish around : ?.Change start time

To finish around 7pm, you'll need to have started before: .Change end time

Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 3 min.

In the mixer bowl, or a large bowl, pour 1 teaspoon caster sugar, 18 g salt and 600 g water (warm).

Add 1 kg flour, 50 g yeast, and finally 4 tablespoons olive oil.

Stage 2 - 4 min.

Knead for 4 minutes on medium speed (position "1"), or manually until you get a smooth elastic dough.

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

Stage 3 - 2 hours

Gather the dough into a ball, dust with flour, then cover with a plastic sheet. Leave to rise at room temperature for 1 to 2 hours, until the dough is doubled in volume.

Stage 4 - 5 min.

Cut the dough into 7 or 8 small lumps. Roll into balls, place well spaced on a baking sheet, and cover with a damp tea-towel.

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

Stage 5 - 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).

Stage 6 - 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

Stage 7 - 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.

Stage 8

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.

Stage 9

Diced avocado in a lime and olive oil vinaigrette.

Stage 10

Tuna rillettes.

Stage 11

Guacamole, Hummus, etc.

Stage 12

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

Stage 13

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

Remarks

An idea to try: a complete pitta meal with a savoury course as described above, and a sweet course with small diced fruit, custard cream or whipped cream, melted chocolate, etc... For the sweet part, it's a good idea to dust the pittas with caster sugar before puting them to the oven, so that they caramelize slightly.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	110 RDI=40 %	760 RDI=70 %	70 RDI=10 %	4,140 RDI=210 %	17,330 RDI: 210 %
Per 100 g	6 RDI=2 %	40 RDI=4 %	4 RDI=1 %	240 RDI=10 %	1,000 RDI: 10 %
Per piece	6 RDI=3 %	50 RDI=5 %	4 RDI=1 %	260 RDI=10 %	1,080 RDI: 10 %

The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man

Possible allergens in this recipe: Gluten

How much will it cost?

For 16 Pittas bread : 2.85 €
Per Pitta bread : 0.20 €

Change currency:

Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.

This recipe uses (among others)

Other recipes you may also like

Comtoise endive salad

An endive salad given a hearty boost with fried croutons, diced Comté cheese and Morteau sausage.
March 10^th 202131 K 30 min.

Preserved tomatoes

Softer than dried tomatoes, they can be used as a kind of chutney in pasta dishes for instance, or simply served to accompany an aperitif.
February 21^th 2011338 K4.8 5 hours 6 min.

Grilled fillet of salmon with corn-salad cream

A salmon fillet, grilled slowly to keep the inside tender, served with sesame rice and a little corn salad cream. You'll love it...
October 13^th 2010266 K 13.9 1 hour 15 min.

How to cook rice in rice-cooker

Cooking rice in a specially adapted "rice-cooker" is practical and quick: you don't have to watch it during cooking, it's fast (15 minutes) and the rice-cooker switches automatically to "keep warm".
February 21^th 2011915 K 24.9 20 min.

How to cook red meat properly

Cooking red meat well is not as simple as it might seem. Even if you start with high quality meat, with poor cooking it can become dry and tough. Here's a way that will guarantee you a perfect result.
October 13^th 2010468 K2.7 1 hour 25 min.

News list of cooking-ez.com

Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.

The 1 comment already posted on this recipe

It is bit useful for me. thank you. I will try it.
Posted by yogmour january 6^th 2011 at 17:57 n° 1

Follow this recipe

If you are interested in this recipe, you can "follow" it, by entering your email address here. You will then receive a notification immediately each time the recipe is modified or a new comment is added. Please note that you will need to confirm this following.