How To Make Greek Pita Bread
How To Make Greek Pita Bread

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GREEK PITA DOUGH First of all, pour the lukewarm water into a bowl, then add and dissolve the dry yeast along with the sugar. To prepare this pitta bread recipe start by sieving the flour into your mixer's bowl. Add the yeast, sugar and salt and blend with a spoon. Add a little bit of water and start mixing, using the dough hook.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook how to make greek pita bread using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make How To Make Greek Pita Bread:
  1. Prepare 6 g Active Instant Dry Yeast,
  2. Get 4 g Granulated Sugar,
  3. Get 160 ml Whole Milk Room Temperature,
  4. Take 80 ml Water,
  5. Make ready 320 g Unbleached All-purpose Flour,
  6. Get 6 g Sea Salt,
  7. Prepare 1 TSP Za'atar,
  8. Take Greek Olive Oil, 14g + More For Greasing

Greek Pita Bread Recipe Method: Combine the sugar, yeast, water and milk in a bowl. In a large bowl, combine warm water, yeast, and sugar and stir until dissolved. The only tough part is making sure you get that magical puff in the oven so that your pita bread is a pocket bread. And I have a trick for that!

Instructions to make How To Make Greek Pita Bread:
  1. In a bowl, combine yeast, sugar, milk and water. - - Stir to dissolve the yeast and sugar. Stir, stir, stir. - - Set aside for 10 minutes or until becomes foamy. - - In a large bowl, add flour, salt and za'atar. - - Mix to combine well. Mix, mix, mix.
  2. Add olive oil into the yeast mixture. - - Stir to combine well. - - Add the yeast mixture into the flour mixture. - - Combine the mixture well until it becomes a dough. You can do this by hand or a spatula. - - Once it becomes a dough, knead the dough inside the bowl until all the nooks and crannies of flour is kneaded into the dough, about 8 to 10 minutes.
  3. The dough should be soft, subtle and tacky, but not sticky. It should pass the "window-pane" test. - - If the dough is too dry, add in water, 1 TBSP at a time. If the dough is too sticky, add in flour, 1 TBSP at a time. - - Form the dough into a ball. - - Lightly grease the dough ball with olive oil. - - Transfer back into the bowl.
  4. Cover with cling film and set aside in a warm place for 1 hour or until the dough has doubled in size. - - Lightly grease working surface with olive oil. - - Transfer the dough onto a working surface. - - Divide the dough into 6 equal pieces with a weight scale. - - Form each piece into a dough ball.
  5. While working with 1 dough ball, cover the rest of the dough ball with a damp lint-free kitchen towel. - - Using a rolling pin, roll the dough out into a round disc with a diameter of 8 inches. - - Heat a skillet over medium-high heat. - - Place the shaped dough into the skillet.
  6. Air pockets will start to form. - - Once the bottom is lightly charred, flip and cook the other side until lightly charred. - - Remove from heat and set aside until ready to use. - - Repeat the steps for the remaining dough balls. - - You can serve pita with gyros, souvlaki and even hummus. Or you can use them as a wrap or as a sandwich.

The only tough part is making sure you get that magical puff in the oven so that your pita bread is a pocket bread. And I have a trick for that! Dust a clean working surface with just a little bit of flour. Drizzle a little oil in the pan and wipe off the excess. You use yeast, warm water, flour and salt.

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