Pita with Zaatar
Ingredients - Dough
200 g whole flour
200 g white flour
teaspoon instant yeast
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 cup water
Ingredients - Spice mixture
1/2 cup za’atar spice mix
1/3 cup olive oil
I teaspoon salt
Mix all topping ingredients together
Directions
• Preheat oven to 230°c
• Mix flours together and add sugar and yeast. Mix well.
• Add salt (Note: Do not add the salt and yeast together, it is important to add separately.)
• Add oil and mix well. Add as much water as needed to make a smooth dough.
• Knead the dough for at least 10 minutes, until the dough is smooth and soft. You can definitely do this in an upright mixer with a dough hook or food processor with a dough blade. 3-5 minutes of mixing is enough
• Cover and prove in a warm place. The dough doesn’t need a long prove, 15 minutes is enough.
• Divide dough into balls, a little smaller than fist size. Pull and roll until smooth then cover and allow to rise a second time, 10 minutes is enough.
• Roll out dough balls thinly into a circle. Puncture the flattened dough a few times with a fork or make a number of indents with your fingers, so it stays flat and doesn’t inflate like a pocket bread.
• Spread 1 tablespoon of spice mixture onto flattened dough so that it covers the pita evenly. Repeat with remaining dough.
• Bake pitot in a hot, pre-heated (240° C) oven, 5-7 minutes. If you want it softer, 5 minutes is enough. If you like it crispy, leave the pitot in the oven a little longer until they darken more.
