Cheese And Bacon Pitas

8 ingredients
13 steps

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

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