Yeast-Free Living - What About Pita Bread?

By Matt Bournston

If you have recently started on a yeast free diet, you are probably wondering what foods you can eat and which foods you can't. Since a lot of bread contains yeast to make it rise, you may be wondering about pita bread. It doesn't rise up like normal bread, so does it still contain yeast?

Well, the true answer is: yes it does. Normal pita bread does unfortunately contain yeast. Don't worry though, because there are a number of special yeast free pita breads you can buy. Alternatively, it's quite easy to cook your own yeast free pita bread. Check out this recipe...

What You Will Need:

* 1 tablespoon of Olive Oil

* 1 cup soy flour

* 1 cup of unbleached white flour

* 1 1/2 cups distilled or purified water

* Half a teaspoon of baking powder

* Dash of sea salt

Note: if you are using gluten-free flours, you will need to add egg to the mix in order for it to bind together well.

Directions:

1. Mix the olive oil, the water and the salt. Add the baking powder and flour, and mix to a smooth consistency like a pancake mixture.

2. Dip a paper towel into some olive oil, and then use it to oil the inside of your frying pan, and leave to sit for about 10 minutes.

3. Place the frying pan onto the hob at a medium-low temperature, and wait for 3 minutes and then tip the batter into the middle of the frying pan.

4. Tilt the frying pan in a circular motion until the whole of the bottom of the pan is covered with the desired thickness of batter.

5. Once the top of the mixture has gone dry, flip it over and cook the other side. This should take about a minute on each side.

6. Eat it.

I hope you enjoy this yeast free pita bread recipe. - 17269

About the Author:

There are still a lot of delicious, tasty foods that a person can enjoy once you have removed yeast. Eating a yeast free diet is actually a lot easier than you might think. For a FREE guide to living on a yeast free diet, visit Yeast Free Diets