Cheese And Bacon Pitas - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    200 g red leicester cheese, grated
    100 g unsmoked bacon, shredded
    500 g whole wheat bread flour
    3 teaspoons dried yeast
    2 teaspoons sugar
    250 ml warm water
    1 teaspoon salt
    3 teaspoons oil
Preparation
    Grill Bacon and mix with grated cheese.
    Heat oven to 210 degrees centigrade.
    Put Yeast, sugar and a third of the flour in a mixing bowl.
    Add water and mix with a wooden spoon, leave for 20 minutes.
    Add remainder of flour, salt and oil.
    Mix with fingers, when dough-like turn out onto an oiled surface.
    Knead for 5 minutes.
    Cover with a damp cloth and prove in a warm place for 20 minutes.
    Divide into 8 pieces and roll out into oval shaped breads (20cm long and 10cm wide approx.) on a floured surface.
    Fill each pita with a small handful of the cheese and bacon mixture fold in half and seal by pinching the edges
    Lightly flour 2 baking sheets, place pittas on them, cover and prove for a further 10 mins
    Sprinkle pittas with flour.
    Bake for 15 minutes.

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