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.

