Homemade Pita Recipe

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Homemade Pita
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Ingredients
28
Count
Nutrition
2473
Calories
Total time
2
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 1 packet instant yeast (2 1/2 tsp, or 4 oz)
  • 1 tsp honey
  • 1 1/4 cups warm water (divided )
  • 2 cups bread flour (plus additional for dusting the work surface)
  • special equipment: baking pans or cookie sheets, pizza stone (optional)
  • makes eight 6-7 inch pitas
  • procedure
  • 1.
  • 2.combine the two flours in a medium bowl.
  • 3. whisk in 1/2 cup of the flour mixture and keep whisking until the mixture is very smooth. cover with plastic wrap and let sit in a warm place for 45 minutes to an hour, or until doubled and bubbly.
  • 4.stir the salt into the remaining flour mixture.
  • 5.mix in the remaining flour, 3/4 cup water, and olive oil. stir until a shaggy dough forms.
  • 6.turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 8-10 minutes, or until the dough is smooth and elastic.
  • 7. lightly spray a large, clean bowl with cooking spray (or coat with olive oil). place the dough in the bowl and turn to coat
  • 8.
  • 9.punch down the dough (it''s fun) and cut into 8 fairly even pieces.
  • 10.lightly flour a work surface.
  • 11.roll each dough piece into a ball between your hands. flatten 1 of the dough balls, then roll out on your floured work surface to 6-7 inches in diameter. transfer the pita to the cornmeal-dusted baking sheet. repeat with each dough ball.
  • 12.let the dough rest, loosely covered with a clean kitchen towel, for 30 minutes.
  • 13.if you are baking your pita on a pizza stone, place the stone on the oven floor, and remove the middle oven rack (move the second oven rack to the top position, out of the way). if you don''tsp have pizza stone, remove the top oven rack, and place the second rack in the lower middle position.
  • 14.preheat the oven to 500of.
  • 15.transfer the pitas, two at a time, to the pizza stone or oven rack. bake for 2 minutes on 1 side, gently flip with tongs or a long spatula, and bake on the other for 1 minute.
  • 16. remove pita to a cooling rack. cool for 1-2 minutes , then stack to keep warm.
  • 17.serve warm.

Directions:

  1. These pita are thick and toothy – not like those puny pitas you get in the grocery store. I bake them on a pizza stone, but if you don’t have one, bake them directly on the oven rack. Serve with hummus or bean dip, or top with a salad and a few dollops of goat cheese. This recipe is adapted from the Gourmet cookbook.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 2472.76 Kcal (10353 kJ)
Calories from fat 334.43 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 37.16g 57%
Sodium 4268.1mg 178%
Potassium 912.1mg 19%
Total Carbs 495.39g 165%
Sugars 2.31g 9%
Dietary Fiber 9.4g 38%
Protein 43.97g 88%
Iron 11.5mg 64%
Calcium 838.5mg 84%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 355.45 Kcal (1488 kJ)
Calories from fat 48.07 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 5.34g 57%
Sodium 613.53mg 178%
Potassium 131.11mg 19%
Total Carbs 71.21g 165%
Sugars 0.33g 9%
Dietary Fiber 1.35g 38%
Protein 6.32g 88%
Iron 1.7mg 64%
Calcium 120.5mg 84%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 51.8
    Points
  • 67
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • cholesterol free,
  • sugar free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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