GLUTEN-FREE PITTA BREAD
GLUTEN-FREE PITTA BREAD
GLUTEN-FREE PITTA BREAD

Ingredients
  • 30g/1oz psyllium powder (available from whole food shops or specialist stores online)
  • 750g/1lb 10oz gluten-free strong bread flour blend (such as Doves Farm)
  • plus extra for flouring
  • 3 tbsp nigella seeds
  • 15g/½oz sugar
  • 1 tbsp salt
  • 21g/¾oz instant yeast
  • 3 large free-range eggs
  • 1 tbsp white wine vinegar
  • 6 tbsp olive oil
Directions
  • Mix the psyllium powder with 300ml/10fl oz water. Set aside to allow the mixture to thicken.
  • Tip the flour and nigella seeds into a mixing bowl. Add the sugar and salt to one side of the bowl and the yeast to the other. Crack the eggs into the centre of the flour
  • add the vinegar
  • olive oil and the psyllium mixture. Combine the ingredients to form a soft dough. Gradually add about 300ml/10fl oz water - you may not need it all
  • although the dough should be soft and slightly sticky.
  • Place onto a floured surface and knead to form a smooth dough. Place back in the bowl
  • cover and leave to rest for 1½ hours
  • or until doubled in size.
  • Heat the oven to 220C/200C Fan/Gas 9 and place 3 heavy baking trays in the oven to heat up.
  • Dust your work surface with flour. Divide the dough into 12 equal pieces and shape each one into a ball. Roll or press the pieces into oval shapes about 4mm thick.
  • Remove the baking tray from the oven and dust with a little flour. Lay four pittas on each tray and bake for 10-12 minutes
  • or until puffed up and cooked through. The pittas should have a slight colour to them. Remove from the oven and wrap in a clean tea towel - this helps keeps them soft.