Cheese And Bacon Pitas - cooking recipe
Ingredients
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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
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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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