Sarah of All Our Fingers In The Pie was our February 2013 Daring Bakers’ host and she challenged us to use our creativity to make our own Crisp Crackers and Flatbreads!
I decided to make something called “Navajo”. They are a cross between Indian and Mexican flatbreads and can be eaten at breakfast, lunch or dinner. We decided to serve ours with a curry. This is the recipe fail curry I was telling you about here.
These were meant to be lovely and crisp, but they turned out crisp on the outside and soft in the middle because they rose wayyyyy more than I thought they would!! When I was rolling them out they looked lovely and thin, just like they should have been, but they really puffed up in the pan. They were still delicious though and I’d definitely make them again!
Daring Baker’s Challenge: February – Flatbread
Ingredients
- 300 g bread flour, plus extra for dusting
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1 tsp dried herbs, I used parsley and thyme
- 75 ml water
- 3 tbsp olive oil
Instructions
- Place the flour, salt, baking powder and herbs into a medium sized bowl and mix until combined. Make a well in the middle and then add the water and oil into the centre.
- Start mixing the dough from the centre, bringing in flour from the outside gradually until a soft dough forms.
- Lightly flour your worktop and then turn the dough out. Knead for 5-6 minutes until the dough is soft and not sticky any more. It should be lovely and elastic.
- Leave the dough to relax for about 30 minutes.
- Once relaxed, split the dough into even balls, they should be 1/2cm thick. As I said, I made mine too thick and made 6, but you'll probably get 10.
- Flatten the dough first with a rolling pin and then use your hands to stretch and flatten the dough more.
- Preheat the oven to 100 degrees C and line a baking tray.
- Heat a non-stick frying pan over a low/medium heat. You'll need to cook in batches. Place 2 flatbreads into the hot pan and cook for about 2 minutes per side, until risen, bubbly and golden. Some parts of your flatbread should have dark patches, this adds to the flavour!
- Place cooked flatbreads on your baking tray and into the oven to keep warm whilst you cook the remaining dough.
- Once you've cooked all of the flatbreads serve immediately with curry, soup, whatever you fancy!!
Recipe Notes
Recipe adapted from JamieOliver.com - http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/bread-recipes/navajo-flatbreads
Enjoy 🙂
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marilyne says
27.2.13 at 8:51 pmThey might not be that flat, they still look delicious! Great job on the challenge
Gourmet Getaways says
28.2.13 at 6:39 amOh these look so nice!!! You have done such a great job with the challenge. I would love to be eating that curry with them too! I made Grissini for the challenge, Pop over to my site and say hi, I would love it if you would link your story to mine with the Daring Baker linky tool.
Emily Dicks says
28.2.13 at 3:48 pmStopping by from GYB these look delicious! I love curry and flat bread. New follower 🙂
bj says
28.2.13 at 6:31 pmWe lived on the Navajo Indian Reservation for awhile years ago and I learned to make Navajo FRY Bread that is OUT OF THIS WORLD. We also learned to make Navajo Tacos, made with regular taco "stuff" but using the fry bread.:)
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Sarah says
1.3.13 at 4:31 amOh yum. These look absolutely delicious. Thank you for participating in this challenge.
Christie Williamson says
1.3.13 at 1:30 pmI am ALL about different types of flat breads. I will be making these. Thank you! I popped over from Kitchen Fun and Crafty Fridays.
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Bella @ Bella before and after says
1.3.13 at 8:38 pmLooks yummy….. I've eaten these at a real Navajo reservation in California, and I'm pretty sure they were served with honey. Totally yummy!
I like that you are serving this with curry, I mean how can you go wrong with that…. 🙂
I'm off to check out your recipe for the curry.
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Adelina Priddis says
2.3.13 at 5:11 amI love Navajo flat breads.
Miz Helen says
2.3.13 at 4:03 pmAnnie, Your Flatbread looks awesome! We always enjoy this bread when we visit New Mexico. Hope you are having a great weekend and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
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Heather says
3.3.13 at 5:10 amI love Fry Bread – it is not unique to the Navajo community; many Native American groups consider it a dietary staple these days!
Joanne DiPalo says
4.3.13 at 12:02 amThank you for sharing this on Foodie Friends Friday. It looks great.
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Ruthie Armstrong says
4.3.13 at 3:24 amNaan bread is one of my favorites!! I'm so glad you came to share at Super Saturday Show & Tell… come back again next week to party with me again 🙂 xoxo~ Ruthie
Annie Standing says
4.3.13 at 6:31 pmThey were, I'm going to have to perfect the rolling of them, but I have to make them again they went perfectly with the curry! 🙂
Annie Standing says
4.3.13 at 6:31 pmThank you, the curry was a bit of a fail as the recipe wasn't very good, but the navajo were delicious! 🙂
Annie Standing says
4.3.13 at 6:32 pmThanks very much 🙂
Annie Standing says
4.3.13 at 6:33 pmWow navajo tacos sound amazing! I need to do more research into Navajo, maybe I can make some fry bread too! 🙂
Annie Standing says
4.3.13 at 6:33 pmThank you 🙂
Annie Standing says
4.3.13 at 6:33 pmReally hope you enjoy them! I think I'm just addicted to all bread, I could eat it all day!! 😀
Annie Standing says
4.3.13 at 6:34 pmOooh with honey?! That sounds delicious! Unfortunately I didn't post that curry recipe as it was a bit of a fail, the recipe wasn't too good, but I have other curry recipes! 🙂
Annie Standing says
4.3.13 at 6:35 pmI do as well now, this was the first time I've had them! 🙂
Annie Standing says
4.3.13 at 6:35 pmThank you so much, have a great week! 🙂
Annie Standing says
4.3.13 at 6:36 pmThank you 🙂
Annie Standing says
4.3.13 at 6:36 pmThanks so much for hosting! 🙂
Christie Daruwalla says
4.3.13 at 7:32 pmI just love any type of homemade bread. Your flatbread looks so delicious. Thanks for sharing on Thursdays Treasures.
Marie bloominghomestead says
4.3.13 at 9:55 pmYum, I love flatbread! This looks so delicious, thank you so much for linking up at Crafty Tuesday.
Karly Campbell says
6.3.13 at 4:14 amI've been wanting to try this so bad, but I keep forgetting about it! It looks so good!
Thanks for linking up to What's Cookin' Wednesday!
Shauna {The Best Blog Recipes} says
8.3.13 at 3:33 amI've never made any kind of flat bread so I might have to give this one a try 🙂
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Adelina Priddis says
8.3.13 at 4:03 pmI love navajo bread, but I've never tried making it. This looks so simple! Thanks for sharing on Foodie Friday, I'm featuring you this week.
Annie Standing says
11.3.13 at 2:50 pmMe too, I'd make it every day if I had the time, so much better than shop bought! 😀
Annie Standing says
11.3.13 at 2:51 pmThank you 🙂
Annie Standing says
11.3.13 at 2:51 pmThanks so much – it was the first time I'd made it, but I'm going to have to again so quick and tasty! 🙂
Annie Standing says
11.3.13 at 2:52 pmThis is the first time I've made flatbread, now I want to make loads of different types, I just love it! 😀
Annie Standing says
11.3.13 at 2:52 pmI'd never had navajo bread until I made it, but it's so good and yes, it's really quick & simple to make 🙂