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Ingredients  

  • 500 g strong white bread flour
  • 7 g fast acting dried yeast
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 300 g water
  • a good pinch of salt

Instructions

  • In a large mixing bowl, mix the ingredients together and knead for a few minutes into a smooth and elastic dough. Cover, and set the bowl aside somewhere warm to ferment until doubled in size.
  • Divide the dough into 4 even sized balls and roll them out one at a time on a floured surface. 
  • Heat a large dry frying pan over a moderate to high heat and drop in the flatbreads one at a time, ideally giving them a little stretch out with your hands before popping them on the hot pan surface. 
  • If you have a lid for that pan, they will be extra fluffy if you can hold a little steam in the pan as they cook on the first side by having the lid on. No drama if not, just an option. After about 2 mins on side one flip the bread over and cook for a minute or so on side two – You want some charring, but you also want the dough to cook – so adjust the heat if they are cooking too hot and not cooking through. No need for the lid on side two. 
  • When all the breads are cooked, set them aside for use later. It works well to stack them up on a  warm plate and fling a clean tea towel over the top.
  • Top with a little melted garlic and parsley and butter depending on how you are serving.