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| My homemade sourdough pita bread. |
Susan's pita bread on her Wild Yeast blog looked amazing, seemed pretty simple to make, and used up a lot of sourdough starter, so I decided to go with her recipe. I generally try to follow the instructions carefully, the first time I make something, but I discovered I didn't have quite as much starter as I thought, which meant I ended up only using 320g of it rather than her rather exact 376g.
It became too late for baking, so I put the dough into the fridge, where it sat for 2 days before I had time to do anything with it. To bring it back to the right temperature, I transferred it, in its covered bowl, into a warm water bath in the kitchen sink. Unfortunately, some water got into the bowl, and I hastily patted the dough dry with a paper towel. Fortunately, that was the last of the mishaps I encountered.
I divided the dough into balls, flattened each one to a few millimetres thick, put two or three of them onto a baking sheet, and slid everything onto a pre-heated pizza stone in the oven. It didn't take long before the bread started puffing up!
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| Dough rolled out into flat rounds. |
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| Starting to puff up. |
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| Bigger bubbles. |
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| Conjoined bubbles. |
It was a lot of fun watching the dough rise in the oven, sometimes with multiple bubbles joining up into a giant air pocket. I was worried that it may not be fully cooked through, so left the bread in the oven for a few extra minutes, which made the pitas a little dry.
I used to wonder how bakers got the holes into pita bread. Who knew it would be so simple? You can and should experience the magic too, whether you choose to use supermarket yeast or a sourdough starter!
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| A pita pocket. |
This post is part of Our Growing Edge, a monthly blogging event aimed at inspiring us to try new things. This month, it is hosted by Kerene from The Dream Baker.
Thank you for your participation and support for October 2015 Our Growing Edge. The round-up post is up at: http://iamthedreambaker.blogspot.sg/2015/11/our-growing-edge-october-2015-round-up.html. Looking forward to your continuous support! Cheers.
ReplyDeleteThanks for putting the round-up together! It's always interesting taking a look at what other people have been making.
DeleteI've just hopped over from Kerene's round-up from The Growing Edge and must say your sourdough pitas look amazing! It's wonderful how they magically turn into pita as we know it :)
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing what a bit of flour and water can do! I tried making the pitas again and didn't have quite as much success the next time, unfortunately, but I will share that experience soon.
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