Pita bread

Falafel rolls is one of my favourite meals, but one that always looked so esoteric, I never dared attempt it at home. But after my first batch of falafels came out well, I decided to try my hand at pita bread. Not bad for a first attempt, don't you think?

- 2 teaspoon dry yeast
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 1/ 3 to 1 1/2 cup of warm water
- 500 gr. flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons olive oil

makes 8 pitas

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Mix the yeast with the sugar and 1/2 cup of water and let it 5 ' to stand and rise. 

Mix the flour with the salt. We make a hole in the center and add the yeast mixture, oil and another 1/2 cup of the remaining water.

Knead , adding as much of the remaining water needed until it forms a soft dough that does not stick to your hands. 

Put the dough in a well oiled bowl and work the dough so will have oil in every spot (not to much , just to be shiny) . Cover with plastic membrane and let it rise for about 1 1/ 2 hours or until the size of the dought is doubled.
Press the dough to deflate and make round pitas (diameter-15cm and thick 1cm). Then coat the well with oil and let them rise .
With a fork, press pitas, making vertical fork marks in rows .
Bake at 230 °C for 5' - 7 '. Pull them from the oven and when they are cool, put them in the freezer in plastic bags and use them when you need them .
When you defrost the pitas , brush them with oil on both sides , sprinkle with salt and oregano and cook them in a pan or on the grill .

These falafels were shallow fried, but no less amazing!