Homemade Pita Bread

By The Mediterranean Dish · 110 min

Ingredients

Instructions

1. In a large bowl, stir the yeast and sugar into the lukewarm water until dissolved. Add ½ cup of the flour and whisk. Leave uncovered in a warm place for about 15 minutes.
2. Add the salt, olive oil and almost all the remaining flour, keeping about ½ cup for dusting. Stir until a shaggy, sticky mass forms. Dust with a little flour and knead inside the bowl for about a minute.
3. Lightly knead the dough on a floured surface for a couple of minutes until smooth. Cover and rest for 10 minutes, then knead for a couple more minutes.
4. Coat a bowl with extra virgin olive oil and turn the dough in it to coat. Cover with plastic wrap and a towel, and leave in a warm place for 1 hour or until doubled in size.
5. Divide the dough into 7 to 8 equal pieces and shape them into balls. Cover and rest for 10 minutes.
6. Roll each ball into a pita shape, dusting with a little flour if it sticks.
7. Heat a cast iron skillet over medium-high heat. Lightly oil it and wipe off the excess. Cook one pita for 30 seconds until bubbles form, flip and cook 1–2 minutes until large toasted spots appear underneath, then flip again and cook 1–2 minutes more.
8. Alternatively, bake one pita at a time in an oven at 475°F: 2 minutes on one side, then 1 minute on the other.

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