Flatbread with Dukka
- 2 tablespoons whole hazelnuts
- 1 1/2 tablespoons sesame seeds
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
- 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black peppercorns
- 3/4 cup warm water (105 - 115F)
- 1 tablespoon mild honey
- 1/2 teaspoon active dry yeast (from a 1/4-oz package)
- 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour plus additional as necessary
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- Special equipment: 2 large (17- by 11-inch) shallow baking pans
- Pulse all dukka ingredients in a food processor or an electric coffee/spice grinder until very finely ground, about 3 minutes (do not grind to a paste).
- Stir together warm water, honey, and yeast in bowl of a stand electric mixer fitted with paddle attachment (see cooks' note below if you don't have a stand mixer) and let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes.
- (If mixture doesn't foam, start over with new yeast.)
- Add 2 cups flour, salt, and oil and beat at medium speed until incorporated.
- Replace paddle with dough hook and, if necessary, add 2 to 3 teaspoons more flour, 1 teaspoon at a time, until dough begins to pull away from side of bowl and is smooth but still slightly sticky to the touch, about 5 minutes.
- Transfer dough to a large oiled bowl and cover with plastic wrap.
- Let rise in a warm, draft-free place until doubled in bulk, about 2 hours.
- Put oven racks in upper and lower thirds of oven and preheat oven to 425F.
- Punch down dough and transfer to a lightly floured surface.
- Divide dough in half and let stand, covered with plastic wrap, 10 minutes.
- Roll out 1 piece of dough (keep remaining piece covered) on a lightly floured surface with a lightly floured rolling pin into a roughly 17- by 11-inch rectangle.
- (Dough will be very thin.)
- Transfer dough to 1 of shallow baking pans.
- (Repair any tears in dough by pinching together.)
- Repeat with second piece of dough, transferring it to second baking pan.
- Sprinkle half of dukka over each rectangle and bake, switching position of pans and rotating them 180 degrees halfway through baking, until golden, about 20 minutes total.
- Cool in pans on racks 5 minutes, then transfer flatbreads to a cutting board and cut each into pieces with a sharp heavy knife.
- (Centers will be crisp.)
hazelnuts, sesame seeds, cumin seeds, thyme, salt, black peppercorns, warm water, honey, active dry yeast, flour, salt, olive oil, shallow baking
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/flatbread-with-dukka-231021 (may not work)