Ingrediënten
- ¾ cup / 105g all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup / 90g whole-wheat flour or spelt flour, with more for sprinkling
- ⅔ cup / 160ml hot water, or as needed
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp spices/herbs (such as nigella seeds, wild garlic, or dried thyme; optional)
Instructies
- In a medium bowl, using a fork, combine both flours, the hot water, salt, and spices/herbs (if using) into a sticky dough. Sprinkle a work surface with whole-wheat flour and then tip the dough onto the surface. Knead the dough for a few minutes, sprinkling with more whole-wheat flour or adding more water, if needed, until it becomes soft, elastic, and less sticky. Cover with a bowl and let rest for 15 minutes.
- Separate the dough into five portions and form them into very thin, 5-inch / 13cm oval flatbreads, about 1/16 inch / 2mm thick. You can also flatten them using a rolling pin. Set aside.
- Set a medium dry nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add two or three of the flatbreads and cook until air bubbles and dark brown spots appear on the surface, about 90 seconds on each side. Transfer to a serving plate and repeat with the remaining flatbreads.
- The flatbreads are best when eaten right away, served as a side or as a stand-alone snack drizzled with honey or spread with plum jam.
Beschrijving
Lake Wyndamer was still shrouded in morning fog when life began to stir around the village huts. Soon, warm flatbreads made by my hostess, Lutka, began landing on her straw plate. Lutka insisted I call her aunt and gladly taught me how to prepare this simplest of breads. The dough, made from but a few ingredients, is sometimes spiced up with nigella seeds or wild garlic. Once baked, the flatbreads are served with honey, jam or cottage cheese, as is one's preference. Sitting on the fishing pier with my own batch later that morning, I enjoyed my delicious snack and the lake's calm surface, deep beneath which a water nymph is said to languish, unhappily in love with a human being. Ensconced in my web of thoughts, I slowly tore off pieces of flatbread and used them to scoop honey from a small clay pot...