One of the simple dishes for a hearty breakfast or a light dinner is a lavash fried in a pan in an egg with ham and cheese. A recipe with a photo, as well as a detailed description of the cooking process, is presented in the article. A nice addition is this guide for those who cook this dish for the first time and don’t know the correct technique for folding thin pita bread into cute pies.
A simple version of a triangular pie
This option of making triangles in a batter of pita bread with ham and cheese (in a pan) is considered not only one of the most delicious, but also generally available.
What ingredients will be needed to prepare this delicious dish? Have to take
- one large Armenian (thin) pita bread or two smaller;
- two eggs;
- 200 grams of ham and soft cheese.
- 4 tbsp. l sour cream;
- a small bunch of green onions;
- 1 tsp mustard;
- a large pinch of salt and black pepper.
How to cook?
In order to cook pita bread in an egg in a pan, ham and cheese should be grated on the largest grater or cut into narrow slices. Finely chop the onion greens, and mix the sour cream with mustard and spices. Then in one bowl combine the cheese, onion and sausage, pour them with sour cream sauce and mix well with a spoon. In another bowl, beat eggs with 3-4 tbsp. tablespoons of cool water. Carefully unfold the Armenian pita bread on a table, cut into strips 10 cm wide, starting from a wide edge.
On the narrow edge of each piece, put the filling in the form of a triangle and wrap, giving the product the same shape. To do this, once wrap pita bread to the left, then to the right, forming a triangular pie. Then each dip in beaten eggs and fry in a pan in a small amount of vegetable oil until a soft ruddy color. If you want the cheese inside to melt more strongly, it is better to cover the pan with a lid to create a higher heat treatment temperature.
Important point
To make pita bread with ham and cheese in a pan as delicious as possible, it is better to fry it in a cast-iron pan, that is, with a thick bottom and without a Teflon coating. It is the old grandmother’s pan that will be just right, since it produces a very tasty crisp, which in combination with a soft stretching filling from cheese will plunge the taster into a food delight. Even the best Teflon pan will not give such a taste effect.
How else can I roll pita bread?
You can wrap pita bread in a pie not only in the form of a triangle, pita bread with ham and cheese in a frying pan is often formed in the form of a square folded four times or an envelope. How to do it?
- The difference of a square folded four times from other molding options differs only in that this option is not fried in batter or eggs, since it is already formed in the pan during the heat treatment. To do this, place lavash cut to the diameter of the dishes on a heated pan, put 3 tbsp on one half. l fold the fillings and with the help of a spatula in half. Then, smear another tablespoon of cheese mass on the surface and fold again in half. Turn the lavash pie formed on the other side and wait for it to brown.
- It is even easier to fold a layer of pita bread with an envelope: cut it into squares measuring 20 * 20 cm (approximately), put the filling in the center with a longitudinal strip and wrap two edges (left and right) to the center, and then repeat the action with the upper and lower edges. Then roll the resulting envelope in a beaten egg or batter and fry in a pan on both sides until browning.
What to choose for the filling?
If you are a vegetarian, and pita bread with ham and cheese in a pan is not a suitable option for you, then you can replace the ham with fresh tomatoes. The recipe will look like this: mix in a cup 4 tbsp. l sour cream with 200-250 grams of grated cheese. Arrange the sliced pieces of pita bread on the table, lay the filling in the center of each, on top of which carefully distribute the circles of tomatoes.
Further, if desired, you can use fresh basil leaves: sprinkle a small amount of chopped greens and a pinch of salt on each piece of tomato. Wrap each section of pita bread with an envelope, dip in beaten eggs (2 pcs.) And fry in a large pan until tender blush. This version of the dish is dietary in comparison with the first option, so if a person has problems with excess weight, but really want to try pita bread pies - it is worth taking it for consideration.
Breaded
You can also cook pita bread in an egg with ham and cheese in a pan according to the recipe below, after cooking rolls fried in batter. Such a dish can be not only a good help in everyday life, but also take its rightful place on the festive table among snacks, because decorated with fresh herbs, it looks very chic.
For cooking, you need to prepare the following products:
- one large pita bread;
- 300 grams of ham or sausage;
- 200 grams of hard cheese (it is better to use Poshekhonsky);
- a handful of finely chopped greens (dill, parsley, cilantro);
- 3-4 tbsp. l ketchup;
- two eggs + 100 grams of milk + 2 tbsp. l flour (batter);
- salt to taste;
- over a generous pinch of black pepper and coriander.
Step cooking
Cut the ham into thin strips, grate the cheese and combine with sausage, adding greens to them. This will be the filling for future rolls. In a separate bowl, prepare batter: beat eggs with milk and spices, add flour in the process. Stir the mass thoroughly so that there are no small lumps of flour left. On the table, spread pita bread, spread ketchup around the entire perimeter (choose to your taste: sharp or tender), and then spread the filling on it evenly, spreading it with a spoon or knife. Starting from a wider edge, roll pita bread with a roll, trying to make it as dense as possible.
Allow it to lie down for several minutes so that it softens a little, and then cut into medium-sized pieces using a very sharp knife. Next, roll in a batter every piece of pita bread with ham and cheese, fry in a pan in vegetable oil (its quantity should be enough so that the rolls are half-immersed in it). When they are browned, take out using a slotted spoon on a paper towel, dry a little from excess fat and place on a serving dish on which green lettuce leaves have been previously laid.
Another molding option
This method of frying pita bread with ham and cheese in a pan is called lazy because it is not very scrupulous in the cooking process, it is often used by people for whom the aesthetics of the dish is not a priority - if only it would be quick and tasty.
- Cut the ham into cubes, grate the cheese.
- Warm the pan over medium heat, pour 2-3 tbsp on it. l vegetable oil.
- Cut large pita bread into 2-3 parts so that each square is slightly larger than the diameter of the pan. It is not necessary to make it round, adjusting to the shape of the dishes. Put one cut into the pan in the oil.
- Pour a generous pinch of cheese in the middle, a little ham on it, and drive a gray egg on top. With a fork, begin to mix the filling directly inside the pita for 3-6 seconds.
- Wrap the lavash corners to the center and gently press them inwards, and after 30 seconds, using a spatula, turn the resulting square with the filling on the other side and fry for another 1-2 minutes, covering the dishes with a lid.
The resulting pie with the filling is best served hot, if desired, seasoned with sauce, mayonnaise or ketchup.