Iranian Barbari Bread
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Yields:
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2 breads
ingredients
- 1 tablespoon active dry yeast
- 1 cup lukewarm water
- 2 tablespoons salad oil (not olive oil)
- 3 - 3 1⁄2 cups all-purpose white flour
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- 2 tablespoons sesame seeds
directions
- Dissolve the yeast in the warm water. Add the salad oil and stir. Add the flour a little at a time, stirring and mixing until you have a well blended, manageable dough.
- Place the dough in a large, oiled bowl, cover, and place in a warm area to rise for 1 hour.
- Take the dough, knead it a couple of times and divide in two. Oil 2 baking sheets, and with your hands flatten the shape the 2 pieces of dough into 2 oblong loaves, 1/4 inch thick. With the edge of your hand make 3 ridges lengthwise on the surface of the dough.
- Brush with the melted butter and sprinkle the sesame seeds on top. Cover with a towel and let rise in a warm place for 30 minutes.
- Bake for about 20 minutes until golden. Serve warm immediately. Or, later, reheat the breads by wrapping them in foil and placing in a hot oven for 5 to 10 minutes. Yield: 2 breads. Do not freeze.
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Reviews
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It's in the oven so a bit late, but I was wondering about the lack of salt and I believe total lack of information on baking temperature. There were a couple of helpful comments, and I found this other recipe online that appears decent, http://www.1001recipe.com/recipes/food/barbari_bread/ <br/>Good luck to fellow chefs and chefs wannabee, as I am.
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not a very good receipe. tends a very bland bread. Add sea salt to dough. AlsoI found that if you use the following on the top instead of melted butter it will yield to a much better barbari. Flour: 1 tsp Baking Soda: 1 tsp Water: 2/3 cups cook the ingredients ahead of time and brush the bread with this mixture, add sesame seeds, bake and enjoy warm. BTW you can freeze the bread.
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As an Iranian --familiar with Barbari bread from my childhood-- I found this recipe very strange. First of all you never use "oiled bowl" for making any regular Iranian bread, as far as I know. You don't use oil or butter in the process either. Secondly, you cannot refrigerate it but you can freeze it. if you freeze it right after baking (after 30-40 minutes when it loses the heat) you can reheat the pieces using a regular toaster. The result is almost like the fresh Barbari.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Olha7397
Canada