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Greek pita bread

Author	Martijn Braam <martijn@brixit.nl>
Cuisine	Greek
Course	side
Prep time	60 min.
Cooking time	20 min.
Diets	Egg free, Lactose free, Nut free, Soy free, Vegan, Vegetarian
Serves	3

Ingredient	Amount	Prep
All purpose flour	500 g
Water	360 g
Sugar	1 teaspoon
Dry yeast ⤮	8 g
Salt	1 tablespoon
Olive oil

preparation

Mix the Water , Dry yeast , Sugar and let it sit for 5 minutes to let the yeast activate Mix in the All purpose flour , Salt and knead. Add extra All purpose flour unit the dough just stops sticking Coat the ball of dough in Olive oil and put it in a bowl to proof. It should double in size Slap the air out of the dough ball and divide it in 6 smaller balls

cooking

Roll out a ball of dough into a circle the size or slightly smaller than your pan Heat 1.0 tablespoon of Olive oil into your pan and drop it in the dough. Let it cook until it browns and turn it over Keep turning over the pita until both sides have nice brown spots on them

Tips

Using higher quality Olive oil makes a lot of taste difference when cooking the bread