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Gluten-free pita bread
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Pita, a soft and thin bread, originated in the Middle East, where it has been baked for thousands of years. Pita breads are quickly baked at a high temperature, causing the top and bottom of the bread to separate, forming a hollow pocket that can be cut open and filled with, for example, kebab meat and vegetables or falafel. The pita bread can also be eaten as it is.
Ingredients, 4 pieces
1,75 dl water
1 tsp (3-3,5 g) dry yeast
0,5 tl salt
1 tsp virgin olive oil
n. 2,5 dl Gluten Free Pizza & Street Food Mix from Virtasalmi Grain Products
Preparation
- Add 42 °C water and dry yeast to a bowl and mix well. Add the salt, olive oil and flour and knead the dough until smooth. Let the dough rest in the bowl under a cloth for about 5-10 minutes.
- Divide the dough into four parts and shape into round pita breads about 1 cm thick on a lightly floured baking sheet
. Let rise under a cling film and a cloth for 1,5-2 hours. - Preheat the oven to 225 °C. Preheat the baking tray and place the pitta you have shaped on the baking paper. After about 5 minutes of baking, the bread will start to deflate and rise. Bake for about 9-10 minutes. Do not cut them in half until they have cooled.
Tip
- The pita can be frozen for later use. You can also reheat the frozen bread in the toaster oven.
It is not clear from the instructions whether you put about 2.5dl of each flour or the total.
Hi Arvi,
Our newest flour mix is called Pizza & Street Food Mix, so we use about 2.5 dl of it in this recipe.
Have fun baking!
Is rice flour suitable for making pita bread?
Hi Irmeli,
Gluten-free pita breads often use a flour mix with psyllium. Rice flour can also be used in pita breads if you add psyllium and xanthan gum. For example, Helena Kemppaisen has a recipe https://makuamedia.com/2017/02/02/inin-pita-luontaisesti-gluteeniton-maidoton/
Ensimmäinen pitaleivän ohje, joka oikeasti toimii. Monia kokeillut ja ikinä ei ole näin hyvin onnistunut! Onnistui jopa ekalla kerralla, vaikka laitoinkin kaiken jauhon kerralla ja jouduin nestettä lisäämään. Ohjeella tosin jos tekee 4kpl niin jää aika pieniksi, mutta kahteen jaettuna tulee sopivia.
Hei Kotileipuri,
Kiitos kivasta palautteestasi ja vinkistä!