Greek Pita Bread Recipe

Authentic Greek Pita bread recipe. Soft and flexible perfect to use for Gyros and Souvlaki wraps.

📝 Ingredients

• 500 grams (4 cups + 2 tablespoons) all-purpose flour
• 9 grams (1 tablespoon) instant dry yeast
• 300 ml lukewarm water
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons sunflower or corn oil (+ some extra to oil the pan and the pitas)

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Sift flour in a large bowl.
2. 2Mix flour with salt and sugar.
3. 3Dissolve yeast in water.
4. 4Add the oil and yeast water to the flour.
5. 5Knead for 6-10 minutes until you have a soft non-sticky dough. See Note 1 below.
6. 6Oil lightly the bowl and the top of the dough. Place the dough in the bowl.
7. 7Cover the bowl with a dampened tea towel.
8. 8Heat the oven to 100°C / 210°F for 2 minutes then turn it off.
9. 9Rise. Place the bowl in the oven and allow to rise for 1 hour and 30 minutes until almost tripled in size. Alternatively, you can leave it to rise at room temperature.
10. 10Press the dough to remove the air. Then transfer to a lightly oiled working surface.
11. 11Knead dough for a minute.
12. 12Shape into a round ball and then into a cord.
13. 13Cut the dough in half and then cut each half into 3 pieces of the same size (6 in total).
14. 14Shape each piece into a round ball. Make sure you close the bottom of the dough well.
15. 15Brush lightly each dough ball with oil. Then cover with a tea towel and rest for 10 minutes.
16. 16Shape into flatbread. Take a dough ball and open it up with your hands into a round 20-cm (8-inch) disk.
17. 17Heat a non-stick frying pan (or a cast-iron skillet) over high heat.
18. 18Brush pan with oil.
19. 19Cook the flatbread for 1 minute then flip and cook for another minute. Then turn the heat to low and cook for 30 more seconds. See Note 2 below.
20. 20Transfer the flatbread to a clean tea towel to cool. Turn the heat to high again.
21. 21Prepare the next flatbread.
22. 22Continue like this until you cook all the Pita.
23. 23Serve with dips, make wraps, or store it in the freezer for later use.
24. 24To store in the freezer place in a freezer plastic bag and freeze for up to 6 months.