Salad and wraps.

[Jimmy]

I do like a salad wrap with perhaps a bit of chicken or tuna.

Shop bought wraps are are acceptable but you can make your own thus.

500g flour, I use pizza flour because I had some.
Don't need yeast they are flat breads.
Teaspoon of veg oil
Teaspoon of salt
Water to make the dough.
Knead for about 5 mins.
This should make six breads.
I usually put half in fridge, it should keep for a couple of days. Put in a plastic bag. Don't use a bowl otherwise you will get a skin.

To cook...
A frying pan with a teaspoon of veg oil.
Roll a sixth of the dough out fairly thin
Get the pan as hot as you dare
Cook on one side till the top bubbles, 1 to 2 mins.
Flip and give another 1 or 2 mins.

They will keep in a plastic bag if needed, once cool.

Fill with your salad, leave a bit of room so you can fold up the bottom to stop any salad dressing running out.

Enjoy.
Jimmy

[Nicos]

Never made my own Jimmy!.... those sound nice a simple-thanks for sharing, I'll certainly give those a try!

[Snoop Puss]

I love home-made flatbreads. Yumptious. Thanks, Jimmy. If you have a cast iron or carbon steel pan or griddle, you will probably find you don't need any oil at all.

[happyhumph]

Do they stay soft when cool? Have made flatbread before but always gone stiff when cooled down.

[Snoop Puss]

I make wheat and corn tortillas and it helps to cover them in a tea towel as soon as they're cooked while you're cooking the next one.

I also make a dough with yeast that I roll out really thin and they come out with a pocket, a bit like a pitta bread. I also cover them up with a towel while cooking the next one.

You can also shallow fry pieces of dough about 1 cm thick in a pan with a lid to make a kind of roll. These are always really popular and absolutely fab if you like bacon rolls...

[happyhumph]

Does the teatowel keep them soft? We get through vast quantities of flatbread and I'd really like to cut down on the plastic they're wrapped in. I make normal bread quite regularly.

[Snoop Puss]

It keeps the steam in and that is what keeps them soft. Better a tea towel than plastic for home-cooked ones. I'll pm you a bit later this afternoon.

[happyhumph]

Thanks Snoop - just got it

[Bluenowhere]

We have a lidded terracotta dish - glazed on the inside which we use when we make fajitas, it keeps the warm wraps soft long enough to fill and eat obviously can’t keep them until next day or they dry out and crack even in the dish.

[SarrissUK]

Sounds lovely - I will try that when I have a minute

The oil makes the bread softer by the way - I wouldn't omit it if you want to fold the wraps

[Mr Bones]

I love home made flatbreads, they're so versatile. Sometimes I make them like you Jimmy (also called chapatis) and sometimes with a bit of yeast or sourdough starter.

[Bren In Pots]

I love home made flatbreads, they're so versatile. Sometimes I make them like you Jimmy (also called chapatis) and sometimes with a bit of yeast or sourdough starter.

I use sourdough starter for lots of recipes yesterday i made crackers and oatcakes.

[Mr Bones]

I use sourdough starter for lots of recipes yesterday i made crackers and oatcakes.

Good for Chinese pancakes too Bren, just reduce some starter with water, add Chinese five spice, sesame seeds and salt and pour into a frying pan.

[Bren In Pots]

Good for Chinese pancakes too Bren, just reduce some starter with water, add Chinese five spice, sesame seeds and salt and pour into a frying pan.

Thanks for that I'll have to give them a go