Puffy Balloon Bread Recipe - Balon Lavaş
This delicious and famous Turkish balloon bread is really quick and easy to make. Serve with butter and dips and make a memorable tear-and-share event for friends and family.
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Equipment
- 1 mixing bowl or large bowl
- 1 baking sheet or oven tray
- 1 rolling pin
- 1 kitchen scales
- 1 measuring jug
- 1 greaseproof or parchment paper (cut to size)
Servings 4 people
Ingredients
- 325 grams plain (all purpose) flour
- 60 millilitres thick natural yoghurt
- 125 millilitres water
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon nigella seeds (optional )
Instructions
- First of all, add your flour to your mixing bowl and make a well in the middle.
- Mix your water and yoghurt together and add this to the centre of the well along with the salt.
- Start to bring the dough mixture together with a spoon until you get some small clumps.
- Now use your hand to start to bring the dough together. Keep going until you have scooped up all the crumbly bits around the bottom of your bowl.
- When you have a dough ball, place it onto a clean surface and knead for a few minutes until you have a moist, slightly sticky dough.
- Wrap the balloon bread dough in plastic and place in the fridge for a minimum of 20 minutes to rest.
- Meanwhile, preheat your oven to the hottest setting with your baking sheet inside.
- Remove your dough ball from the fridge and divide into 4 equal pieces.
- Place one of the pieces of dough on a lightly floured surface and pat it down into a circular or rectangual shape.
- Dust the dough with a little flour and use your rolling pin to roll it thinly - until it is roughly 3 millimetres thick.
- Place your dough onto your greaseproof paper and sprinkle with nigella seeds (çörek otu) if using.
- Now remove your hot baking sheet from the oven and transfer your paper and dough to the sheet.
- Place in the bottom of your hot oven immediately.
- Watch your dough as it starts to puff and balloon.
- Once it begins to colour on top, it is cooked.
- Remove your balloon bread from the oven and serve immediately with butter and dips.
Notes
- As with all of our recipes, the calorie count for our balloon bread is approximate and meant as a rough guide, only.
- Calories are based on the dough being divided into 4 breads for 1 balloon bread per person.
- Our standard recipe makes around 4 individual balloon breads. Our oven is small which is why we make them this way. Feel free to make one large puffy balloon bread if you have the oven space.
- It is very important that you knead your dough for a few minutes and also have a very hot oven. If you oven isn't hot enough, your balloon bread will remain a flatbread. Still nice, but not the effect you were looking for.
Nutrition
Calories: 305kcalCarbohydrates: 63gProtein: 9gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0.5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 2mgSodium: 592mgPotassium: 111mgFiber: 2gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 15IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 32mgIron: 4mg
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