Pack a Bigga Pitta In Your Picnic (Tesco Large Wholemeal Pitta Bread)

Member Name: flutel

Product:	Tesco Large Wholemeal Pitta Bread
Date:	02/07/09 (85 review reads)
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Advantages: Big enough to satisfy

Disadvantages: Take up more room in the freezer?

In honour of my daughter going off on her first 'adult' holiday to Greece with her friends, I am going to make myself a pseudo Greek lunch and sit in the sun and eat it (and try not to worry about her).


I really love eating one of these giant pittas stuffed with my homemade hommous, some black olives, a few salad leaves plucked from the garden and a small squirt of 'Mayola' vegan mayonaise.


Interestingly, I have never actually eaten hommous like this in Greece; I have not often found it on the menu in tavernas - but the recipe I use is from a Greek cookbook.


These big pittas (man-pittas) allow you to get all the filling in without splits in the bread - and some more. This is why they are particularly good at the job. I like to take them to work already filled in a tupperware. If I take the smaller pitta, I have often eaten them by the end of break. With the larger pitta, I will have the other half left for lunch!


Ingredients
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Wholemeal Wheat Flour, Water, Yeast, Salt, Wheat Flour, Vegetable Oil, Preservatives (Calcium Propionate, Potassium Sorbate), Acidity Regulator (Sodium Diacetate), Soya Flour

They are mot particularly 'lite' - coming in at 130 calories per serving - without the big filling.


Preparation
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The product information recommends that you defrost (if frozen after purchase - I do this) for a minimum of 2 hours. You may barbeque or grill the pittas but you must not microwave them.


My advice is - that you can get them straight out of the freezer and stick them in the toaster. Halfway through toasting, I flip sides so that the bit sticking out gets a chance to go in. As soon as they are out of the toaster, I chop them in half and fill each 'pocket'.


I have also microvaved them briefly to warm them and they were ok. I'm talking seconds here.


Other Things To Do With Pitta
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When I run out of bread, I can happily eat these as toast. I split them longways and slip them in the toaster - nice and crispy - job's a good un!

Pittas are an easy buffet food for a party. Chop them up into strips and leave them near dips for people to help themselves to; easy and cheap.


Cost
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Currently, these are on sale at Tesco for 78p. They work out at 13p each. The regular sized pittas cost 40p (7p each).


To Conclude
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My freezer is never without pittas as we eat so many of them (because I am always making hummous). I have both smaller and larger pittas and both white and wholemeal. I personally prefer the wholemeal as I often like to opt for unprocessed. I have a friend with IBS and she prefers the white ones as they make her bloat less.


I love these Big Momma pittas for the days when a greedy lunch is needed - and I think today might be a good one for that comfort food lunch - while I think about planes, Greek bars, too much booze and sun, not enough suncream....

Summary: Great for the hungry or greedy.