pita – A Pure Heart

I love bread but I’ve never been able to home-make a really nice loaf of it. (You know, the kind of bread you make for sandwiches and thick sliced French toast?) It usually comes out of the oven hard as rocks!

However, pita and me are buds and I’m okay with that given my hankering after Mediterranean foods, especially hummus. Plus, it is an eggless flat bread which works well if you happen to have any egg allergies in your house. It also works well if you don’t have a nice Kitchen Aid mixer that comes with the right attachments for mixing bread dough. (One day). Fortunately I come with two “hands” and they mix and knead pretty well.

May I add that the Israelis make the best pita bread and if you don’t care for this recipe, there are plenty of Jewish sources you can Google.

I’m always impressed with kids who can cook so, this is the recipe that works for me. (Video available too.)

https://www.eitanbernath.com/2018/10/08/homemade-pita-bread/

Pita can be used for dipping, make pita chips or flat bread pizza. You can also freeze it and use for later.

The following is my yeast mixture: water, sugar and yeast. I stress using extra warm water and waiting for it to bubble a bit.

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My dough mixed by my two trusty hands. I wasn’t confident at first but I worked all the flour in and it came out just fine. I did get my hands oily with some olive oil towards the end as it seemed to get a bit dry. I left it to rise for a good hour if not some minutes more and it rose slightly…maybe not double in size but it didn’t seem to effect the end result.

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I wasn’t sure about the baking method but the recipe posted above is pretty accurate in terms of how to do it. Put a pan of water at bottom rack. Heat your oven to 550 and put your pizza stone on the top rack. Then once everything is heated and you have your dough rolled out, turn your oven to broil and slap those pitas on the plate and let them cook for 2 minutes. Don’t forget them or they may look like the ones on the right even if you forgot for just an extra minute or two. 💙🙂💙

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