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Piadina Italian Flatbread

Angela
How to make the popular and versatile Italian piadina flatbread using a few simple ingredients.
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Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 30 minutes
Course Bread, Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine Italian
Servings 4 people

Equipment

  • 1 Large bowl
  • 1 Rolling Pin
  • 1 non-stick pan
  • 1 large wooden pastry board
  • 1 kitchen cloth
  • 1 large spoon

Ingredients
  

  • 300 gr semi-whole and wholegrain flour mix
  • 150 gr water
  • 1 tsp salt I use unrefined sea salt but you can use the salt of your choice
  • 40 gr extra virgin olive oil You can add even 30 or 35 if you want your piadina more crunchy instead of soft and more elastic.
  • some flour for the pastry board

Instructions
 

  • Add the flour and the salt to a large bowl and give a quick mix.
  • Add the water and the oil and start mixing everything with the large spoon.
  • Continue mixing and kneading with your hands inside the bowl and then transfer the flour to the pastry board.
  • Once on the board, keep kneading for some 10/15 minutes until you have a smooth dough without lumps, slightly elastic and easy to work.
    Image: Beginning of making Italian piadina flatbread.
  • When ready, cover it for about 30 minutes to an hour to rest and settle.
  • When the resting time is over, go back to your dough and give it an elongated shape similar to a loaf. Cut it into 4 to 6 pieces.
  • Give each piece a round shape and set them aside while you work on each of them.
  • Grab your rolling pin and make flatbread of around 5 mm out of each piece, giving them a shape as round as possible.
    Image: How to make piadina flatbread like an Italian.
  • Heat up a non-stick pan or even better a grill pan specifically for flatbread. Once it's very hot, place the first piadina and cook it for roughly a minute on each side.
  • Remove it from the pan and cover it with a kitchen cloth before moving on to the next piadina to cook. Once ready, place all the piadina on top of each other under the kitchen towel.
Keyword cheap, easy, plant-based, quick