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Wholemeal Flatbreads
Servings: 4
: 217 kcal
Author: Just Jo
Ingredients
  • 90 g wholemeal flour
  • 85 g self-raising flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • Sea salt to taste fat pinch
  • 175 g buttermilk
For the filling
  • 1 tbsp whole pistachios
  • 1 tbsp ground almonds
  • 1 tbsp raisins
  • 1/2 tsp caster sugar
  • Pinch sea salt
Instructions
  1. Weigh the flours, salt and baking powder into a bowl then weigh in your buttermilk.
  2. Stir to combine then bring together with the spoon. You can be reasonably rough and it will not lose its tenderness, thanks to the buttermilk!
  3. If not using the filling, just pat out 3/4 to 1 cm thick on a very well floured work surface (the dough will be very sticky until coated in a sprinkling of extra flour), in as many breads as you wish to make - please do please yourself with this recipe.
  4. If filling, blitz all the ingredients in your food processor/hand blender/spice grinder until it becomes a nubbly but delicious gravel - tip into the centre of your flatbread leaving an edge free all around it Pinch up the edges and seal then gently pat out the dough to the 3/4 to 1 cm thickness once more.
  5. Slap onto a dry and very hot frying pan or flat griddle for 1-2 mins each side (peak for medium brown patches on the cooking surface and bubbles on the other).
  6. Use a larger spatula to flip each bread, not your fingers (I've been there and burnt myself - don't be me!).
  7. If making several, wrap in a couple of clean tea towels to keep warm as each cooks, until you have used all your dough.
  8. Optional: brush with soft butter to serve.
  9. Option two: once cooked, spread unfilled flatbreads (i.e. plain ones) with a generous amount of butter, sprinkle with well minced garlic and chopped fresh parsley and serve with Italian meals
Recipe Notes

This recipe is extremely easy to scale up or down depending on your requirements. I can't encourage you to have a go enough! It works reasonably well with gluten free flour too but of course, it's never quite the same.

Adapted from a recipe idea by Jamie Oliver