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Pita

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Prep: 0 min Cook: 0 min Difficulty: medium

Categories: Bread, Vegan, Mediterranean, Baked

Tags: baking, mediterranean, medium difficulty, middle eastern, recipes for flatbread, recipes using vegetable oil, recipes using wheat flour, recipes with images, recipes with metric units, recipes without cooking time, recipes without servings, vegan

Source: Wikibooks contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook%3APita)

Adapted: Imported and reformatted by HowManyCookies from the cited Wikibooks revision.

Source revision: https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook%3APita&oldid=4503520

License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) · Wikibooks contributors

Ingredients

  • 250 ml (1 cup) warm water
  • 1 tbsp instant yeast
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 500 ml (2 cups or 17 fl oz) durum wheat flour

Directions

  1. Dissolve the yeast in a bowl of warm water. Add salt, oil and flour, mix it, and knead it into a dough.
  2. Let the dough rise to twice its size.
  3. Divide the risen dough into 8 pieces and shape them into balls.
  4. Then roll the balls into flat and round pita breads (to a diameter of 15 cm or 6 inches).
  5. Let the breads rise in a warm place covered with a cloth for about 30 minutes.
  6. Bake at 225°C (435°F) for about 12 minutes.

Notes

Cut the bread into two pieces so it can be used like a sandwich filled with salad or meat. Or the exact same, wrapped into a roll.

Pita is delicious when dipped in sauces. There are lots of possible ideas and combinations!

Because this is a sticky dough, avoid using extra flour to dust your dough when working with it. Grease your hands and work surface with an oil of your choice.