Easy Peasy Pitta Bread
by Dan Lepard - as featured on Domestic Sluttery
You Will Need:
by Dan Lepard - as featured on Domestic Sluttery
You Will Need:
- 300g strong white flour

- 200g plain flour
- 1 level tsp easy-blend yeast
- 1 level tbsp caster sugar
- 1 level tsp salt
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 325ml warm water
- Scald a large mixing bowl with boiling water. Measure the two flours, yeast, sugar and salt into the bowl, then add the oil and water and mix to a soft sticky dough. Cover and leave the dough for 10 minutes, then rub a tablespoon of oil on the work surface to cover an area about the size of a dinner plate. Place the dough on the oiled surface and knead it lightly for just 8-10 seconds until smooth. Return the dough to the bowl, cover again and repeat the light kneading twice more at 10-minute intervals. Then leave the dough for 30 minutes.
- Heat the oven to at least 250C (Gas Mark ). Place a clean baking tray on a rack in the oven and leave it for 20 minutes to get very hot. Meanwhile, on a lightly floured surface, divide the dough into pieces weighing roughly 100g. Round each into a ball and leave covered for 15 minutes to rest. Roll out each ball into an oval roughly 5mm thick (if you don't have a rolling pin, a wine bottle works just as well). Leave to rest for 2 minutes.
- Quickly lift the tray out of the oven, shut the door, lay one or two pittas on it and return the tray to the oven. Bake for 3-5 minutes or until risen and barely coloured. Immediately remove with tongs and leave to cool under a cloth, to keep soft and moist. Repeat with the remaining pittas. Serve with Hoummus, Tzatziki, salads, couscous, kebabs, or anything you fancy really!
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