Jacques Pepin's Flatbread

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 cup water
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons water

Recipe

• 1 dump everything (except the 2 tablespoons water) into a bowl and "stir it into a gooey stuff" as jacques says. the dough will indeed be very wet, gooey, sticky. stir in any optional ingredients.
• 2 heat a non-stick 10" skillet over medium to medium-high heat. pour about a tablespoon of olive oil into the pan and then pour in the dough.
• 3 spread into one flat layer with a spoon or spatula. (a little oil on the spoon or spatula helps keep the dough from sticking to it.)
• 4 add a tablespoon or two of water around the outside of the dough where it meets the pan; the object is to create steam to help cook the bread. cover the pan with a lid and cook 8-10 minutes. peek at the bottom of the bread about half way through the first 8-10 minutes just to make sure the bottom isn't burning. you want good color, but not charcoal! adjust the temperature accordingly.
• 5 after 8-10 minute flip the bread and re-cover the pan so that it cooks on the other side, 5 minutes.
• 6 it tastes best if eaten while warm.