Thin pita bread is an excellent base for cold and hot appetizers, pies and other dishes. Changing the fillings and the method of preparation, you can significantly diversify the menu. Fresh pita bread goes well with cheese, meat, fish, herbs and vegetables, and it is easy to make unusual desserts from it.
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Snack roll
Thin, yeast-free pita bread is the perfect base for a variety of snacks. The roll can be cut into pieces, strung on skewers and served on a buffet or banquet table. It is easy to replace salmon with chum salmon, sockeye salmon, trout, and other smoked or slightly salted fish.
Ingredients:
- 1 sheet of pita bread;
- 150 g of cold smoked salmon;
- 150 g of cottage cheese;
- 2 tbsp. l chopped parsley;
- ground black pepper.
Lay out a sheet of pita bread on a table, spread with soft curd cheese and sprinkle with finely chopped parsley. Lay out thin salmon plastics on top, pepper to taste. Roll pita bread into a roll, cut into slices with a sharp knife, lay them on a plate. Keep the snack in the refrigerator until serving.
Lavash Pie
A delicious snack option with soft cheese or feta cheese. When interacting with a fermented milk product, pita swells, baking is very tender. According to this recipe, you can also prepare a dessert cake with cottage cheese, fresh berries, jam.
Ingredients:
- 4 sheets of thin pita bread;
- 0.5 l of low-fat kefir;
- 2 eggs;
- 100 g of granular cottage cheese;
- 150 g of feta cheese;
- 1.5 tbsp. l butter;
- salt, freshly ground black pepper.
Lubricate the refractory form with butter, put 2 sheets of pita bread in it so that the edges hang outward. The remaining sheets are torn into pieces. In a separate container, beat eggs with kefir and a pinch of salt. Pieces of pita bread are alternately dipped in kefir mixture and laid out in a mold, pouring with a mixture of cottage cheese and grated feta cheese. Pepper to taste.
Cover the pie with the hanging edges of pita bread, pour the remaining egg-kefir mixture. Spread small pieces of butter over the surface. Put the mold in the oven, heated to 200 degrees. When a beautiful golden crust is formed, remove the cake from the oven and cut directly into the mold. Serve hot or warm.