Air fryer pita bread
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Ingredients
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- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 cup very hot water
In the mixer bowl combine a cup of cold whole milk with a cup of very hot water so the liquids are about 110 to 115F.
Warm liquids and activating the yeast
- 2 tsp sugar
- 2 tsp active dry yeast
Add the sugar and active dry yeast; if the yeast is not recently used, let it sit seven or eight minutes until a foamy cloud appears (a tablespoon of flour helps feed it).
- 648 g all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp olive oil
Mix the flour and salt; add the olive oil to the wet ingredients, then the dry; knead on low speed 12 minutes (15 to 20 by hand) to build gluten.
Oil a large mixing bowl, toss the dough in it to coat and cover with plastic wrap; rise about an hour, up to two depending on the room.
Deflate the dough, cut into eight (or ten) portions and roll each into a ball. Resting them 15 minutes makes rolling easier.
- all-purpose flour
Flour the surface and dip each ball in a bowl of flour; roll out to 7 to 8 inches, turning to keep it round; plenty of flour so it does not stick, or there will be no pocket.
Rolling out for a pocket
Air fry one at a time at 400F for about three to four minutes without flipping, so it puffs and forms the pocket; flip only after it has puffed if it is colouring too fast.