Pita
Pita (also known as pita bread, Arabic bread etc.) is a yeasted wheat flatbread originating from North-African, to Middle-Eastern and Mediterranean cuisines. It is usually eaten with sauces, dips and fillings. Dishes that use pita include kebab, gyros, and shwarma.
Source and licence
"Pita" from the Wikibooks Cookbook (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Pita, revision 4503520), by its contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Pita&action=history), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
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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
Method
- Dissolve the yeast in a bowl of warm water. Add salt, oil and flour, mix it, and knead it into a dough.
- Let the dough rise to twice its size.
- Divide the risen dough into 8 pieces and shape them into balls.
- Then roll the balls into flat and round pita breads (to a diameter of 15 cm or 6 inches).
- Let the breads rise in a warm place covered with a cloth for about 30 minutes.
- Bake at 225°C (435°F) for about 12 minutes.