This Week’s Recipe: Pita Bread

Inspiration: In my quest to make a homemade chicken gyro it was time to focus on the bread….which turned out with mixed results.

Using the recipe from my Ankarsrum mixer cookbook I set about making pita. However, due to not adding quite enough flour when mixing (I think) — on the second rise they turned rather light and delicate. Which normally would be great, but proved problematic when trying to move them seamlessly from the counter to the baking sheet as they stretched out and tore.

Rendering my nice round and fluffy dough into odd alien shapes and quite a bit thicker and tougher than one is looking for pita.

Though still tasty.

The next time I make these, I’m going to lay the pita dough directly on the parchment paper liners for the second rise – then slide it onto the cookie sheet to bake. Thus avoiding the need to handle the dough.

Then perhaps my pita will resemble the pictures more closely…

Christie: Perhaps, Miss Marple, Tommy & Tuppence, Race, and Battle would try this bread whilst on vacation? Otherwise, I can’t really see any of the detectives would necessarily eat this otherwise.