Pitas

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recipe by Kenwood https://kenwoodworld.com/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    2hrs 10mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    12
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    162
based on 80 ratings

Freshly baked pittas are amazingly simple to make and so much nicer than shop-bought. Try them dipped into hummus.

recipe updated 25 Mar. 2024

Ingredients

  • Water icon
    Water
    300 ml
  • Dried yeast icon
    Dried yeast
    7 g
  • Plain flour icon
    Plain flour
    500 g
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    1 ½ teaspoons
  • Nigella seeds icon
    Nigella seeds
    20 g
  • Olive oil icon
    Olive oil
    2 teaspoons

Tools

  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Cooling rack
  • kCook icon Kenwood Chef
  • kCook icon Kenwood bowl - kenwood chef
  • kCook icon Baking sheet - 18 x 13"
  • kCook icon Lightly floured surface

Step preview

  1. Attach Spiral Dough Tool
  2. Add water, dried yeast, plain flour, salt, nigella seeds and olive oil to the Kenwood Bowl
  3. Mix - 2 min, Speed 1
  4. Mix - 8 min, Speed 2
  5. Cover with kitchen towel
  6. Prove until doubled - approx 1 hr 30 min
  7. Transfer dough to lightly floured surface
  8. Gently pull the edges into the centre and turn over so the seam is on the work surface
  9. Divide the dough into 12 equal pieces
  10. Roll each piece into a ball
  11. Cover with kitchen towel
  12. Let rest - 10 min
  13. Pre-heat oven - 220°C
  14. Place a baking sheet on the middle shelf to heat
  15. Use a rolling pin to roll out each dough ball into an oval shape about 3 mm thick
  16. Remove the hot baking tray from the oven
  17. Dust the tray with plain flour
  18. Transfer shaped dough to baking sheet
  19. Bake - 10 min, 220°C
  20. Let cool onto cooling rack
  21. Serve
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