Monday, June 4, 2012

Water, Yeast, Flour and Salt


Water, Yeast, Flour and Salt

The process for making Persian Naan, this weeks TWD recipe, is as simple to make as the four basic ingredients, water, yeast, flour, and salt, used to make the dough.  This simple flat bread doesn’t require proofing the yeast or multiple risings.  You can even mix it up, set it in the fridge overnight, and shape and bake it the next day. Its rustic shape is so forgiving even - and this actually took place in my house - a four-year old can stretch it into a (somewhat ) oblong shape.  This rustic flatbread is a great vehicle for sopping up sauce or salad dressing.  It would be a perfect accompaniment for a lentil salad. The bread has a slightly chewy texture on the thicker outer edges while, as a nice contrast,  some of the thinner interior sections have a cracker like texture.  On a scale of one to ten, this recipe is an eight.  Persian Naan  is tasty, fun, easy, and great recipe to make with kids of all ages.  For the recipe go to Tuesdays With Dorie/ Baking With Julia or better yet buy Baking With Julia by Dorie Greenspan.  



14 comments:

  1. The one on the right looks a bit like one of mine, which I dubbed shmoo-shaped. Tasted great anyway.

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  2. I'll have to look at the recipe to see what the difference is between the Persian Naan and the Oasis Naan. Ours were tasty but the texture was not to my liking.

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  3. It's okay, mine didn't turn out so pretty, either! Yours still looks delicious. Did you make any of the dough into Oasis Naan? I froze half of my dough and want to make it into the stretched out Persian Naan with the sesame seeds :)

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  4. The stretching probably helped the flatbread actually come out flat!

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  5. They look perfect!
    I wish I had saved some dough to make the Persian and not just 8 Oasis...
    I'll bake them again, and again, and again for sure!

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  6. My daugher and I baked the naan together. We had a good time making it and laughed a lot. Your naan looks great and I say as long as it tastes good, why worry!

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  7. I thought this would be great one to do with kids also. I also thought it might make a good pizza dough. Yum!

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  8. Perfect looking naan…How nice to share this project with your kids!

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  9. I like the rustic shapes... most of mine turned out that way from me trying to fit them both onto my single baking stone.

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  10. I have half my dough still in the fridge. I think I will try the Persian Naan. I think I will enjoy the thinner naan. And the circles and zi did not get along! fun recipe.

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  11. Rustic makes me happy - it is so much less stressful.
    These look good!

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  12. are you by chance participating in French Fridays with Dorie? We just made a lentil salad! :) Looks good!

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