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Pita pocket with meatless meatballs, tomatoes, cucumbers, red onion and a garnish of cucumbers and tomatoes

Pita pockets

Pita pockets with hummus spread and filled with meatless meatballs, cucumbers, tomatoes, red onions, carrots and olives.
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Prep Time 12 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 32 minutes
Course Lunch
Cuisine Mediterranean
Servings 4 people
Calories 446 kcal

Equipment

  • Stand mixer
  • Baking stone

Ingredients
 
 

  • 2 tsp active dry yeast
  • 2 tsp sugar
  • 1ΒΌ cup water warm
  • 2 cup whole wheat flour
  • 2 cup all-purpose flour can be replaced with whole wheat flour
  • 1 tsp salt

Instructions
 

  • Mix the yeast, sugar and water and let it for about 5 minutes or until bubbly.
    Water, sugar and yeast mix.
  • Combine the flour and the mix in the previous step and knead for five minutes (number 2 speed setting on a KitchenAid stand mixer).
    Pita pockets dough in the stand mixer
  • Cover with plastic wrap and let it sit for one hour or until its volume doubles.
    Rised pita pockets dough
  • Split dough in eight equally sized balls. Cover with a damp cloth and let it sit for 20 minutes.
  • In the meantime place the baking stone in the oven and preheat at 475 F (246Β° C).
  • After 20 minutes the dough balls should look like the image below.
  • Roll each ball on a floured surface area using a rolling pin. It should reach 6 inches (~15 cm) in diameter.
    Rolled dough pita pockets six inches in size
  • Place one or two (depending on the size of the baking stone) at a time on the hot baking stone making sure that the side that was facing up is now facing down. Bake 3Β½ minutes on one side, flip and bake one more minute on the other side. Here is a photo through the oven's door.
  • Remove from oven. For a crunchy texture, cool on a cooling rack. For a soft texture set aside covered with a cloth (do not stack). If you stack them they will become flat.

Notes

  • Spread hummus in pita pocket and fill with meatless meatballs and toppings (e.g. tomatoes, red onion, olives, cucumber slices, shredded carrots, bell pepper).

Nutrition

Calories: 446kcalCarbohydrates: 94gProtein: 15gFat: 2gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 588mgPotassium: 304mgFiber: 9gSugar: 2gCalcium: 30mgIron: 5mg
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