EVOO pita breads
 
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Cuisine: Mediterranean Diet
Serves: 10 breads
Ingredients
  • 300g (2 ½ cups) wholemeal flour
  • 75ml (2.7 fl oz) extra virgin olive oil (EVOO)
  • 150ml (5.4 fl oz) warm water
  • 2 teaspoons yeast powder
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
Instructions
  1. In a big bowl combine the flour, the salt and the yeast powder. Make a well in the middle and pour into it the olive oil and the warm water. With a silicon spatula bring the flour in from the sides and mix it well with the liquid. Keep mixing until it all starts to come together, and then keep on mixing with your clean hands and knead it until you have a smooth, not sticky, dough.
  2. Cover the bowl with a cloth and place in a warm place of the house for at least half an hour until the dough has doubled its volume.
  3. Remove the dough from the bowl and place it in a clean flour-dusted surface. Knead it a bit with your hands. Divide the dough in 10 parts and with the help of a rolling pin (lightly dusted in flour), extend them gradually flattening them out.
  4. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees C (400 degrees F)
  5. Bake in the oven for 7 min at 200 degrees C (400 degrees F)
  6. Remove from the oven and enjoy them warm or cold.
Notes
If you do not want to use the oven you could also bake them in a frying pan at medium heat. Since the dough already contains EVOO there is no need to grease the pan. Simply add a portion of the flattened dough into the pan, heat for 4 minutes on one side, flip and heat 2 more minutes on the other side. You can flip it as many times as necessary until it is golden on both sides.
Recipe by Tasty Mediterraneo at https://www.tastymediterraneo.com/evoo-pita-breads/