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Cheese and Bacon Pitas
 
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Prep Time: 1 Minutes
Cook Time: 15 Minutes
Ready In: 16 Minutes
Servings: 8
Cheesy Pasty shaped folded pitas with added bacon
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
Directions:
1. Grill Bacon and mix with grated cheese.
2. Heat oven to 210 degrees centigrade.
3. Put Yeast, sugar and a third of the flour in a mixing bowl.
4. Add water and mix with a wooden spoon, leave for 20 minutes.
5. Add remainder of flour, salt and oil.
6. Mix with fingers, when dough-like turn out onto an oiled surface.
7. Knead for 5 minutes.
8. Cover with a damp cloth and prove in a warm place for 20 minutes.
9. Divide into 8 pieces and roll out into oval shaped breads (20cm long and 10cm wide approx.) on a floured surface.
10. Fill each pita with a small handful of the cheese and bacon mixture fold in half and seal by pinching the edges
11. Lightly flour 2 baking sheets, place pittas on them, cover and prove for a further 10 mins
12. Sprinkle pittas with flour.
13. Bake for 15 minutes.
By RecipeOfHealth.com