Cheese And Bacon Pitas

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

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

Recipe

• 1 grill bacon and mix with grated cheese.
• 2 heat oven to 210 degrees centigrade.
• 3 put yeast, sugar and a third of the flour in a mixing bowl.
• 4 add water and mix with a wooden spoon, leave for 20 minutes.
• 5 add remainder of flour, salt and oil.
• 6 mix with fingers, when dough-like turn out onto an oiled surface.
• 7 knead for 5 minutes.
• 8 cover with a damp cloth and prove in a warm place for 20 minutes.
• 9 divide into 8 pieces and roll out into oval shaped breads (20cm long and 10cm wide approx.) on a floured surface.
• 10 fill each pita with a small handful of the cheese and bacon mixture fold in half and seal by pinching the edges
• 11 lightly flour 2 baking sheets, place pittas on them, cover and prove for a further 10 mins
• 12 sprinkle pittas with flour.
• 13 bake for 15 minutes.