Whether you call it pita or pitta, and whether you buy it, bake it or make it on the stove, these bread pockets are endlessly verstatile.
When you make pittas at home, the oven is like a magician’s cave as you watch the dough puff up and transform into bread. Find out for yourself in this recipes from master baker Paul Hollywood.
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You don't need an oven to make pita - try this recipe from Jasmin Rose Ibrahim for fresh pita make on the stove top.
Pita bread Credit: One World Kitchen
If you like the nutty taste of whole-wheat breads, try this recipe from Martha Stewart.
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An easy and satisfying Greek meal to make at home. And because it's so simple, it can be yours any night of the week with this Donna Hay recipe, which uses store-bought mini pita breads.
Lamb pitas Credit: Donna Hay
In Sardinia, this casual stack of flatbreads, tomato sauce and cheese is known as pane frattau and is a fantastic way to make use of bits and pieces of Sardinia’s famous flatbread – pane carasau. You can also make it with split pita breads.
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Dig into layers of flavour from the quick-pickled red onion, spice-rubbed tofu, creamy tahini sauce and toasted pita, with watermelon on the side in this recipe by host Steven Raichlen.
Grilled tofu in pita with Middle Eastern flavours. Credit: Project Fire
Shane Delia's recipe is fit for a feast. Pull together these juicy chicken kebabs, homemade pita breads and fresh salad with a pomegranate molasses dressing and gather the clan.
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Souvlaki is served as fast food in ‘souvlatzidika’, or souvlaki shops, in Cyprus and Greece. You buy one to take away and eat on the street, or sit in the shop and watch the world go by, says Paul Hollywood, recalling some fond food memories that inspired this recipe.
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"I love these little Moroccan veggie burgers – they have a great, nutty flavour, and they make the most of store-cupboard ingredients," says Donal Skehan of his vegetarian pita pocket fillers.
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