Sunday, December 27, 2009

Flatbreads

These are quick, more-ish, easy to make and perfect with hummus. Check out Pizza base instructions for an alternative pizza base recipe using these ingredients.

250g Self Raising Flour
1 Tbsp Olive Oil
1 Tbsp Plain Yoghurt
Cold Water

1. Sift the flour into a large bowl and make a well in the centre. Add Olive Oil and a little water.

2. Shape your hand into a claw and mix the ingredients together and more cold water until you have a sticky dough.

3. Knead the dough on a floured board with the heel of your hand until it's smooth.

4. Break off a walnut sized piece of dough and roll in one direction with a rolling pin until as thin as possible. Don't worry if it sticks a little to the rolling pin just make sure that you keep the rolling pin floured. The fact that it's sticky means that the breads will stick to the surface as you're rolling them out and that they will be nice and thin.

5. Heat a dry frying pan until its very hot. Carefully lift up the rolled out dough and brush off excess flour and place on frying pan. As the flatbread cooks it will puff up a little. Flip the flatbread over and cook on the other side. They look a bit like Naan bread or pitta when they're cooked.

TIP
Rinse your pan under the tap every couple of flatbreads then allow the pan to regain it's heat level. This will prevent the flour burning on the pan and tainting the flavour of your flatbreads.

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