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Pitta bread

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

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Last modified on: February 21^th 2011

For 8 Pittas bread, you will need:

0 3 ¹⁄₃ cups flour
1 2 tablespoons yeast
2 1 ¹⁄₃ cup water
3 ½ tablespoon salt
4 2 tablespoons olive oil
5 ½ teaspoon caster sugar

Change those ingredients for: 4 Pittas bread 8 Pittas bread 16 Pittas bread 24 Pittas bread

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
22 min.	2 hours 30 min.	3 min.	2 hours 55 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 3 min.

In the mixer bowl, or a large bowl, pour ½ teaspoon caster sugar, ½ tablespoon salt and 1 ¹⁄₃ cup water (warm).

Add 3 ¹⁄₃ cups flour, 2 tablespoons yeast, and finally 2 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.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,070 Kcal or 8,667 Kj	55 gr	382 gr	36 gr
104 %	21 %	36 %	5 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
239 Kcal or 1,001 Kj	6 gr	44 gr	4 gr
12 %	2 %	4 %	1 %

Per piece
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
259 Kcal or 1,084 Kj	7 gr	48 gr	5 gr
13 %	3 %	5 %	1 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 8 Pittas bread : 1.42 €
Per Pitta bread : 0.18 €

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Note : These prices are only approximate.

Source

Home made.

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	Water: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Quince and apple compote, Ali Baba bread, Creamy risotto with diced vegetables and flax seeds, Cooking sugar, Quick chicken curry, ... All
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	Salt: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Tahitian style fish, Light Broccoli Soup, Tomato omelette, Beef braised in reduced red wine, Icelandic-style fish and vegetable pie, ... All

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

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