Feta-Stuffed Grilled Flatbread

- Total Time
- 1½ hours, plus rising time
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Ingredients
- 1teaspoon/5 milliliters honey
- 2teaspoons/7 grams active dry yeast (1 packet)
- 3cups/375 grams whole-wheat flour
- 2½teaspoons/13 grams fine sea salt, more as needed
- ¾cup/180 milliliters plain yogurt
- ½cup/120 milliliters, plus 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, more for brushing
- 2 to 3cups/250 to 375 grams all-purpose flour, more as needed
- 1cup/50 grams fresh basil leaves
- 2garlic cloves, roughly chopped
- ½cup/30 grams fresh oregano leaves
- 1cup/130 grams crumbled feta cheese
Preparation
- Step 1
In a small bowl, whisk together 2 cups warm water and the honey. Sprinkle yeast over warm water. Stir to dissolve. Gradually stir in whole-wheat flour. Stir about 1 minute. Let mixture rest, uncovered, 15 minutes.
- Step 2
Sprinkle salt over mixture. Stir in yogurt and 1 tablespoon oil. Stir in 2 cups all-purpose flour, then add more a little at a time, until dough is too stiff to comfortably stir. Turn dough out onto a floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes. Sprinkle in additional flour as needed to yield a smooth and only very slightly sticky dough.
- Step 3
Let dough rise at room temperature in a lightly oiled bowl, loosely covered with a dish towel, until doubled in bulk, about 2 to 3 hours. Alternatively, cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
- Step 4
In a blender or food processor, purée basil leaves, ½ cup oil, a large pinch of salt and the garlic. Scrape mixture into a bowl.
- Step 5
Divide dough into 8 equal portions. If you let your dough rise at room temperature, chill dough balls for at least 30 minutes and up to 4 hours. (If you refrigerated the dough overnight, you can skip this second chilling if the dough still feels cool.)
- Step 6
On a lightly floured surface, roll out 1 dough ball to a 6-inch circle (keep remaining balls on a baking sheet loosely covered with a dish towel). Brush top of circle with basil oil and sprinkle with 1 tablespoon oregano and 2 tablespoons feta. Fold edges of dough over the center of the filling and press together to seal, so filling is no longer visible. Use hands or a rolling pin to reroll dough to a 6-inch circle. Repeat with remaining dough balls.
- Step 7
Brush both sides of dough rounds with olive oil and grill for 5 to 6 minutes, flipping halfway through, or until each side has grill marks. The bread is ready to be flipped when it begins to puff and bubble. Sprinkle with salt while hot and serve with remaining basil oil for dipping. Note: Measurements for dry ingredients are given by metric weight for greater accuracy. The equivalent measurements by volume are approximate.
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I cook these on my gas grill. In the winter, the grill is set to high on all burners to heat. Then I turn all the burners to low and cook 3-4 dough rounds at a time. For summer time grilling, I heat up the grill the same way but turn one burner completely off and leave the others on low. The dough rounds are placed over the burner that's turned off. Both methods ensure the bread is cooked through and has a wonderful char from the grill.
Cooked this last year for a Labor Day picnic and was requested by most attendees to cook it again this year. I added sliced black olives to a couple of pieces, green olives to others and anchovies to others. Fantastic !!
All in all a yummy recipe. I don't have access to a regular grill, but my cast iron stove top grill gave a nice char. As others have said, it's tricky to get them cooked through. I found it helpful to roll thin (16 pieces, 4 inch rounds) and to to put them into a 300 oven for a few minutes to finish cooking when they come off the grill. I was not careful with stuffing measurements, and ended up with more dough than cheese. I used it to make a large unstuffed bread topped with zaatar.
Could these be made a day in advance and then be reheated in an oven? Thanks for your thoughts on that!
This was well received by the family for dinner. I rolled the dough very thin, so they weren’t as pretty, but they cooked through and tasted great. I did both roa’s and the basil oil for toppings. Added olives. I froze some leftover dough… Will let you know how it comes out when I try it in a couple weeks.
Could one use an alternative flour in this recipe? If so, what would be the correct measurements?
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