Kosovo Pitalke is a soft pillowy bread that comes from the Prizren region of Kosovo.
It is delicious right out of the oven and topped with the roasted pepper spread called avjar.
This is a simple recipe and the results are super.
This bread would be lovely with just about any topping. Enjoy
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Kosovo Pitalke (Bread from Prizren)
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons active dry yeast
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/4 cup warm water
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup water you may not use it all
- water in a spray bottle to spritz the bread just before going into the oven.
Instructions
- Heat pizza stone or cast iron skillet in the oven to 320 degrees
- Mix the first 3 ingredients and set aside until it turns frothy
- In a bowl, mix the flour and salt together
- Add in the yeast mixture
- gradually add water until you make a soft dough ( you likely will not use all the water)
- Knead the dough for 10 minutes until smooth and elastic
- oil the dough and cover with cloth
- Let it rise to double the size
- Divide the dough into four rounds and flatten with your hand
- let rise 10 minutes
- Remove the skillet or stone from the office
- Dust with flour
- spray the dough with water just before placing the stone or skillet back in the oven
- Bake until puffed up, about 7-10 minutes don't open the oven door beforehand
- Remove and enjoy hot with some avjar.
