How to Make Perfect Sourdough Pita Bread

Sourdough Pita Bread
Sourdough Pita Bread

Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, sourdough pita bread. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Sourdough Pita Bread is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Sourdough Pita Bread is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

Sourdough Pita Bread is actually quite easy to make. Using sourdough starter instead of yeast extends the time, but it's mostly hands-off. The payoff is a big boost in flavor and an amazing texture.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook sourdough pita bread using 8 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Sourdough Pita Bread:
  1. Take 1 Cup sourdough starter
  2. Prepare 1 1/2 Cup kamut flour (or spelt flour, whole wheat)
  3. Make ready 1/2 Cup Rye flour (or rice, mashed potatoe)
  4. Get 2 cup white flour
  5. Take 2 Tsp your favorite super seed(flax, chia, quinoa,sesame)
  6. Make ready 1 teaspoon sea salt
  7. Prepare 2 Tablespoon Olive oil
  8. Get 1 1/4 cup room temperature water (after boiling)

This was my very first time making pita and they came out GREAT! Bread is the staff of life in the Middle East. Though we eat rice abundantly, rice is actually the new kid on the block, relatively speaking. Our ancient fathers ate bread as their main sustenance and.

Steps to make Sourdough Pita Bread:
  1. Mix all dry ingredients first then add liquid. Slowly adding water to your mixing bowl while incorporate all ingredients together by hand. Knead your dough into a big smooth ball.
  2. Separate the dough into 4 equal parts and roll them into 4 smaller balls. Press down and roll the dough into 4 oval shape at about 1/4 inch thickness. Gently transfer the dough into 2 gallon size ziplock bags and allow them to rise at 90F oven(lamp only) for 6 hours or overnight on your countertop at room temperature about 65F.
  3. The next morning, heat your oven to 400 F degree. Transfer your dough onto a large metal non-sticking baking sheet. Bake 10 minutes on one side then 2 minutes on the other. You will see the bread puff up to form a large pocket. If no pocket forms, it still taste delicious.

Pita or pitta, which ever spelling you use, here's my sourdough version… Remove from the tray from the oven and place the breads onto a rack to cool slightly before eating, or save for later. For a long time, pita bread was one of those things I thought must be made with yeast. Yes, it looks like pita bread. I refresh my sourdough starter twice a day and feel some guilt when throwing away the leftovers. I perform small feedings to minimize waste but am.

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