Spicy Onion And Poppy Seed Flat Bread

Recipe Ingredients

		Oil - for baking sheets
		Cornmeal - for baking sheets
2		Onions - thinly sliced (small)
2		Garlic cloves - minced (large)
1/4 cup	59ml	Extra-virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon	5ml	Red pepper flakes
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Coarse salt
		Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
2 tablespoons	30ml	Poppy seeds
		Basic Flat Bread Dough
1		Dry yeast - (1/4 oz)
1 teaspoon	5ml	Honey
1 1/4 cups	296ml	Warm water - (105 to 115 degrees)
2 3/4 cups	171g / 6oz	Bread flour
1/2 cup	31g / 1.1oz	Whole-wheat flour
1 teaspoon	5ml	Salt
1 tablespoon	15ml	Olive oil

Recipe Instructions

For the Basic Flatbread Dough: Stir yeast and honey into water; let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes.

Place bread and whole-wheat flours and salt in food processor fitted with metal blade. Pulse to mix. With machine running, slowly pour yeast mixture through feed tube, then add oil. Process until dough cleans sides of work bowl. Adjust consistency of dough as needed: If it is too dry, add a little more water; if it is too sticky, add a little more flour. When dough is right consistency -- moist but not sticking to work bowl -- process it until supple and elastic, about 30 seconds more.

Transfer dough to large resealable plastic food bag, squeeze out air and seal at top, leaving room for dough to expand. Let dough rise in warm place until doubled in volume, about 1 hour. Press dough through bag to deflate. Use immediately or refrigerate overnight in bag. (Dough can be frozen. Bring to room temperature before using.)

Lightly oil 2 large baking sheets and sprinkle with cornmeal.

Cut dough in half. Pat each half into about 12- by 10-inch rectangle on each baking sheet. Distribute onions and garlic over each, dividing evenly. Drizzle with olive oil. Sprinkle with red pepper flakes, salt and pepper to taste, and poppy seeds. Bake on lower oven rack at 450 degrees until golden brown, about 15 to 20 minutes. Cut into squares. Serve hot.

This recipe yields 8 servings.

Each serving: 296 calories; 445 mg sodium; 0 cholesterol; 10 grams fat; 43 grams carbohydrates; 8 grams protein; 0.62 gram fiber.

Source:
The Los Angeles Times, 05-31-2000

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