Greek Gyro Pita Bread

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Prep Time 30

Cook Time 20

Resting Time 50

Total Time 1 20

Servings

Calories 259

Ingredients

3 cups bread flour
3 teaspoons instant dry yeast
1 tablespoon sugar
1 ½ cup warm water
1 teaspoon salt
½ cup Greek yoghurt
4 ½ tablespoons olive oil

Instructions

All ingredients ready? Let's begin!
In a sizeable bowl, make a yeast mixture by combining your yeast and sugar. Pour the warm water over the yeast and sugar and give it a little mix to help the sugar dissolve.
Set the bowl to the side and leave it for 5-10 minutes or until the yeast starts to activate. You should be able to tell because it will bubble and grow in size.
Once the yeast has produced a frothy mixture, add the salt, 2 ½ tablespoons of olive oil, and 1 ½ cups of flour.
Use a stand mixer dough hook, a wooden spoon, or your hands to thoroughly combine.
Add the final 1 ½ cups of flour and mix again to combine.
Knead the dough by hand on a lightly floured surface or allow your stand mixer to work its magic until the pita bread dough develops an elasticity. About 5 minutes in a stand mixer or 8 if by hand. If your dough is still too sticky, you can add a little more flour but no more than ¼ cup as it should still be quite a sticky dough.
Once smooth and elastic, securely cover the bowl with a clean kitchen towel or plastic wrap.
Leave the dough to rise in a warm place for 30 minutes.
When the dough has risen, transfer it to a well-floured countertop. Be generous with the flour coating to make it easier to work the dough.
Knead the pita bread dough into a log. Use a sharp knife to separate the dough log into 8 portions (or less, if you want bigger pitas).
Cover the portions with a moist tea towel and leave to rest for 10 minutes. Doing so will make them easier to shape and work with.
One at a time, roll out each portion of dough until nice and flat.
Keep the dough you are not currently working covered with a slightly damp tea towel to prevent the shaped and unshaped dough drying out.
Cover your dough while you heat a large frying pan with some oil (though not all of it). When the oil is hot enough, take your first pita bread and lay it flat in the pan.
Cook the pita bread for 2-3 minutes then flip it, frying for a further 2-3 minutes.
Repeat this frying for the rest of your pita bread. Enjoy!

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