
These are deceptively easy to make and the recipe is very adaptable. You can stuff the pita with whatever you like. Ive used Spinach and Feta as I had that to use up but you could use a meat mixture or just cheese. Make sure your filling is cold when you come to stuff the dough as otherwise it will be hard to enclose. This recipe makes 4 large pita but you could make 8 small ones if you wish.
METHOD
- Add the flour, water salt, oil and yeast to the bowl of a stand mixer, and knead for 6-8 minutes or until the dough is elastic and comes together into a ball.
- Place the dough in an oiled bowl and place in the oven on Dough Proving mode for 40 minutes, or until the dough is nearly doubled in size
- While the dough is proving, steam the onion and spinach and garlic ( or wilt in a frying pan) . Squeeze out excess water and chop.
- Divide the dough into 4 or 8 portions and form balls.
- Leave to rest for 10- 15 minutes
- Place BBQ tray in oven griddle side up and Preheat on BBQ setting 250C for at least 15 minutes.
- Add crumbled feta to the spinach mixture and divide into 4 or 8 balls
- Press out one of the balls of dough into a circle, and place a ball of filling in the middle.
- Pull up the sides of the dough to enclose the filling making sure the seams are secure
- Using a rolling pin, roll out each ball of dough to a 15-18cm ( or 8-9 cm) circle ( This should be just less than 1cm thick )
- Place Pita on hot BBQ tray and cook for 6 minutes, then turn and cook for a further 6 minutes or until golden .
- Brush with melted butter and serve.
DOUGH
250g High Grade Flour
160g water
20g olive oil
10g salt
9g Instant yeast
FILLING
150g spinach leaves
1/2 red onion finely diced
2 cloves of garlic, crushed
100g feta cheese, crumbled
30g butter, melted.