Perfect Pita: Versatile Arabic Flatbread

With this recipe you will get delicious baked goods! Pita is an Arabic flatbread, widely popular not only in its homeland, but also abroad. It is a kind of bread that goes as an addition to other dishes. Pita is good to fill with meat, vegetables, herbs, and cheese.
cook time: 1h 45 min
Elijah Stroud
Perfect Pita: Versatile Arabic Flatbread

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

245
Calories
5g
Fat
38g
Carbs
7g
Protein

Ingredients (4 portions)

Basic:

Salt 0.5 tsp
Sugar 0.5 tsp
Wheat flour 250 g
Water (or whey) 160 ml
Vegetable oil 1 tbsp
Soda (no slide) 0.25 tsp
Yeast 10 g
Bran 1 tbsp

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make pita bread? Prepare the products according to the list. Sift the flour through a sieve (take the highest grade). I use fresh yeast. If you use dry ones, you need less of them — read the instructions on the package and focus on the volume of flour.

Step 2

Step 2
Grind the flour with yeast until crumbly. Add salt, sugar, soda and bran, mix everything thoroughly.

Step 3

Step 3
Make a well in the flour mixture and pour warm water into it. Knead soft dough. While kneading, add vegetable oil and knead the dough thoroughly. It should not stick to your hands.

Step 4

Step 4
Place the dough in a bowl and leave in a warm place for 40-60 minutes to rise. The dough should increase 2-3 times.

Step 5

Step 5
Knead the risen dough with your hands and divide it into 4 equal parts, carefully roll each part into a smooth ball.

Step 6

Step 6
Roll each bun into a flat cake about 3-4 mm thick on a work surface sprinkled with flour. Place the cakes on baking paper and leave to rise for 20-30 minutes.

Step 7

Step 7
Bake pita flatbreads on a preheated baking sheet in a preheated oven at maximum temperature (mine is 240 C). It is very important to warm up both the oven and the baking sheet! Before baking, carefully drag the paper with the tortillas onto a preheated baking sheet and bake for 4-5 minutes. The top of the cakes will remain light, but they will only be golden brown on the bottom. Remove the cakes from the oven, cover them directly on the baking sheet with a towel and let cool completely.

Step 8

Step 8
But this is how the cakes turn out when cut, or rather in a split. They are hollow inside. Serve the flatbreads with first courses or fill them with all sorts of toppings. Bon appetit!

Additional rubrics

Related recipes