Khubz

Name: Khubz
Yield: makes 16 8-inch breads
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon active dry yeast (or 1 package); 2 1/2 cups lukewarm water; 1/4 teaspoon sugar; About 6 cups unbleached white bread flour or unbleached all-purpose flour; 1 1/2–2 teaspoons salt; 3 tablespoons vegetable or extra-virgin olive oil

December 9, 2011

The flatbread with a pouch which we know as pita is khubz, which means “bread,” in the Arab world. In Egypt, eish baladi (eish means “life” and baladi means “local”) is made with a mix of whole-wheat and unbleached white flour, while the one made with white flour is called eish shami (shami means “Syrian”). The bread is round and 8 inches in diameter.

Cooks' Note

You can make the bread under the broiler. Place it far enough underneath so that it does not touch the broiler when it puffs up (it will burn). Turn over as soon as it balloons, and leave only a minute longer.

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