Cheese and Bacon Pitas

Submitted by missbad92

"Cheesy Pasty shaped folded pitas with added bacon"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 30mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Yields: 8 pitas
• Serves: 8

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.