From the article brought to your attention, you can learn how to properly and almost professionally prepare pita roll. Photos, recipes by stages and tips for combining foods and spices will help you quickly master this versatile dish.
Armenian lavash
Supermarkets sell packages of prepared Armenian lavash made from wheat flour. They are large sheets of very thin and flexible unleavened dough. In their manufacture, no preservatives are used, only flour, water and salt. Therefore, their shelf life is very limited. Two or four packs are enough to feed a small family with a good dinner. You can bake pita bread yourself, in a home oven, but it will never turn out as thin as ready-made Armenian pita bread from the store. The fact is that the dough for them is rolled through special shafts. Only a professional will be able to roll out a fresh dough so evenly with a home rolling pin. And the baking sheet, due to its relatively small size, greatly limits the possibilities. It can take half a day to prepare the dough, roll it out, and bake it. For a working woman, this is not very convenient. It is much easier to use ready-made.
Homemade pita bread
If you still want to make the dough yourself, take 5 glasses of flour, sift through a fine sieve, mix with salt and knead the dough with one glass of water. It should turn out to be soft enough, slide into a ball, but not stick to your hands. Add flour if necessary. To make the dough more elastic, beat it on the table about fifteen times, then place it in the refrigerator, on the top shelf, for half an hour. Roll with a rolling pin as thin as possible. Bake in a hot oven for about five minutes. At first, pita bread will be fragile. To soften, cover it with a damp towel. After 30 minutes it can be used for roll.
Fast food for different occasions
The recipes for pita rolls with different fillings proposed in this article will help you not to worry about the choice of how to fill them and how to wrap them. You only need to decide which one to choose - meat, fish or vegetarian. Every one described here is delicious pita roll. The fillings, the photographs of which you see, also make it easy to prepare. It takes no more than half an hour to prepare a simple roll. If you master the recipes of pita rolls with different fillings, then you will forever solve the problem of what to take for a picnic from food and how to feed unexpected guests.
Smoked Salmon and Avocado Appetizer
It will require two leaves of pita bread, cream cheese, salmon fillet, avocado and fresh dill.
Using a silicone brush, apply cheese to pita bread, 5 cm from one edge. Sprinkle evenly with finely chopped dill. On the dill, put slices of avocado and salmon. If desired, you can add several rings of onion. Roll into tight rolls.
If during folding you feel that the filling is not very evenly distributed, fill the void with slices of salmon. Pack the rolls in a plastic film and put in the refrigerator. Various pita rolls are easier to cut if they are slightly frostbitten.
In addition, the film will protect against drying out if you do not plan to eat rolls at a time. However, they can not be stored for a long time. It is optimal to eat them within 3-4 hours after preparation.
Lavash roll recipes with different fillings based on cream cheese can be replenished with one more.
Fresh Cucumber Rolls
For cooking, you need pita bread, cream cheese, fresh cucumbers and salt.
Make a strong saline solution and dip the cucumbers cut into thin circles into it. After 10 minutes, remove, rinse and pat dry on a napkin. Pita with cheese. Do not forget to indent along the edges so that there is no inconvenience when folding. Put cucumbers on the cheese evenly.
Roll the pita bread into a tight roll, freeze it slightly in the refrigerator to make the cheese harder and easier to cut. Cut the roll into rolls and secure them with toothpicks. The pictures show how the roll of pita bread is going to consistently. A step-by-step photo illustrates how to serve this dish to the table.
Ham roll
For roulette you will need:
- 4 sheets of pita bread;
- 8 thin plates of ham;
- 1 long fresh cucumber (cut into long narrow strips);
- 2 avocados (peel and cut into slices);
- 250 g feta cheese, cottage cheese or cream cheese;
- leaf lettuce (tear with hands);
- salt and ground pepper to taste.
Divide all ingredients into four equal parts and place them evenly on each sheet of pita bread, placing them near the bottom edge. Step back on the right side 7-8 cm from the cut. Put this side indent on the filling. Then wrap a tight roll so that the filling is placed so that it lies tight, but does not protrude beyond the left open edge of the pita. From the first time it may not work out very nicely and neatly. Do not despair. A couple of experiments - and you will begin to spin them perfectly.
Lavash roll with carrots
For six rolls of three large sheets of pita bread made from wheat flour (preferably whole grain), the following products will be required.
For pasta :
- dried apricots - 6 pieces;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- walnut kernels - 1/3 cup;
- fresh chopped green cilantro - 3 tablespoons;
- olive oil - 6 tablespoons;
- natural fruit vinegar - 1 teaspoon (can be replaced with wine, sherry or cider);
- salt and freshly ground pepper to taste.
For marinade :
- Aleppo pepper - from ¼ to ½ teaspoon (or chili powder to taste);
- fresh carrots - 1 kg;
- finely chopped fresh dill - 3 tablespoons (or chopped fresh mint leaves - 2 tablespoons);
- freshly squeezed lemon juice - 1 tablespoon.
For the sauce :
- natural yogurt - 3 glasses;
- freshly squeezed juice from a whole lemon;
- puree from 1 clove of garlic;
- 1/3 cup olive oil.
Pour dried apricots with half a glass of boiling water. After 5-10 minutes, when it becomes soft, remove from water, drain and cut into small cubes. Using kitchen equipment or manually chop the garlic and walnuts, put in a bowl, put cilantro and dried apricots there, stir well. Pour a quarter cup of olive oil, vinegar, salt, pepper and use a blender to turn into a paste. If it turns out too thick, dilute it with water from soaking the apricots. The paste should be easy to apply on pita bread.
Peel the carrots and blanch in boiling water for 5 minutes, no longer. Cool slightly and cut into very thin and long strips, as for Korean carrots. Prepare the marinade from lemon juice, the remaining olive oil, dill or mint, salt and pepper, put carrots in it, stir, let it brew and soak for 15-20 minutes. If there is no desire or opportunity to cook pita bread for a long time, Korean carrots from the supermarket will be a good alternative.
Cut three pieces of 25 cm long from the finished pita bread. Apply nut-garlic paste on pita bread over the entire area. Divide the carrots into three equal parts and place them on the cakes on one side, backing off from the edge of 5 cm. Starting from this side, roll the pita bread into tight rolls. Wrap from the ends, as for a burrito. Cut across into two pieces. You got six rolls. They are nice to eat warm. Preheat each roll of pita bread in the oven or in a frying pan without oil at medium temperature until slightly darkened. Serve with the sauce. For it, mix yogurt, lemon juice, garlic and olive oil in a blender.
Chicken meat roll
A step-by-step recipe for pita roll is recorded in the photographs.
Sauté chicken meat in oil over high heat. Fold the pieces in a roasting pan, pour a glass of water and bring to a boil.
In a boiling broth, add salt, pepper, peppers, celery stalks, parsley, oregano, lemon, cut into four parts, and a whole head of unpeeled garlic to taste.
Cover the frypot with a lid and place in the maximum preheated oven for 40 minutes. After this time, turn off the oven, but do not open the fryer until it cools down.
Lay the chicken on one half of the sheet of pita bread, slightly dividing the meat along the fibers. Squeeze the garlic from the skin with your hands and add to the meat. Put the artichoke petals, chopped olives and feta cheese there. Roll up the roll as shown in the photo.
To get a crisp, warm the roll of pita bread in the oven. It will work better if it is wrapped in the manner of a burrito.
Sweet rolls
On the culinary pages you can find recipes for pita rolls with various fillings, including sweet ones. Sweet rolls are a wonderful dessert. Mini rolls look very elegant. They are sprinkled with powdered sugar and cinnamon. Cinnamon goes well with apples.
Strawberry dessert
Ingredients for filling the roll from a single sheet of pita bread:
- Armenian lavash - 1 piece;
- softened butter - 2 tablespoons;
- strawberry jam - 1 cup.
Cream :
- mascarpone cheese - 100 g;
- softened butter - 2 tablespoons;
- vanilla sugar - 1 teaspoon.
Decoration : fresh strawberries.
Spread the whole surface of the pita bread with butter. After that, use a silicone spatula to spread the jam on it, stepping back from the edge of 5 cm. Roll into a tight roll, wrap it in cellophane film and put in the refrigerator for half an hour. When the roll hardens a little, it must be cut into 8-10 rolls. Use a
circular knife or dental floss. This will help not flatten it. Cover the flat shape with
non-stick baking paper and place rolls in it. Bake for 20 minutes in a very hot oven. It is important not to overdry. They should turn out juicy, soft and slightly ruddy.
While the rolls are baking, prepare the cream. To do this, beat with a mixer cheese, butter and vanilla.
Cool the finished rolls a little and put on a large dish. Garnish each roll with cream and strawberries. This dish can be consumed warm.
As a filling, not only strawberry jam is suitable, but also any other. You can make a roll with chocolate or hazelnut cream.
Summer rolls
In summer, you should try making such a roll with fresh seasonal berries - raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, blueberries, honeysuckles, mulberries or others. To prevent the filling from leaking out, brew the starch and put the berries with sugar in it.
Sweet roll with curd filling is also very tasty. The cottage cheese should be wiped through a sieve, mixed with a raw egg, sugar and fresh berries or jam. Add vanillin or cinnamon for a better flavor.
The options for using pita bread presented in the article are only a small part of what can be prepared from it. In addition to the above, rolls made from pita bread made from buckwheat or amaranth flour are very interesting . From mini rolls you can make delicious cakes. In general, the design of rolls, serving them to the table and the selection of drinks is a topic for a separate big conversation.