Lavash roll can be called a universal appetizer, which can be served for dinner, at the festive table, or take with you on the road. It is also a great alternative to high-calorie sandwiches.
Pita roll (step by step recipe) - basic principles of preparation
Thin Armenian pita bread is becoming more popular. It is very convenient to always have it at hand. No need to waste time kneading the dough. A variety of dishes can be prepared from pita bread: rolls, envelopes with filling, pies, etc. Moreover, the filling can be meat, vegetable, fish, cheese and even sweet.
In this article, we will dwell on the preparation of rolls.
For the preparation of rolls, it is better to use rectangular cakes. Pita bread should be of good quality and always fresh so that when folding it does not break and break. Roll rolls along the sheet so that it does not turn out too thick.
Rolls for every day are prepared from what is at hand. It can be vegetables, the remains of cheese or sausages, mashed potatoes, etc. That is, almost everything that is left of breakfast or dinner. For festive rolls you need more ingredients, so you should stock up on food in advance.
Sauce for rolls is made from mayonnaise, ketchup, tomato paste or sour cream. Mayonnaise is better to use low-calorie, but if you plan to cook a hearty snack, you can take a fatty product. The ideal solution is to make mayonnaise yourself. To do this, beat the refined vegetable oil with egg yolks with a blender, add salt, spices and mustard. As a result, you will get a natural product of high quality. Ketchup is used by anyone, tender, spicy or piquant. Do not put too much sauce on the roll, otherwise the pita bread will get wet and the dish will be spoiled. At the same time, if there is not enough sauce, the filling will turn out dry. Therefore, you need to carefully consider this issue and find the ideal proportion.
For the filling, you can use almost any product: cheese, meat, fish or canned fish, vegetables, etc.
Several options for preparing the filling for pita rolls (step by step recipe):
• hard cheese, eggs, mayonnaise, garlic, chicken breast. Boiled chicken is cut into thin bars. Boiled eggs are peeled and knead with a fork. Cheese is rubbed into large chips and combined with eggs, crushed garlic and mayonnaise are added. Mixed;
• crab sticks, hard cheese, soft cream cheese and greens;
• champignons, sour cream or mayonnaise, cheese, onions;
• white or Beijing cabbage, carrots, fried champignons and onions;
• mayonnaise, liver paste, cheese;
• herring oil. It can be used as a filling in combination with fresh vegetables. To prepare the butter, Bert has a large fatty herring, a couple of processed cheeses, half a pack of butter and one large carrot. Cheese and butter are put in the freezer for a while. Peel and wash the carrots. Herring is taken apart on a fillet, removing everything, even the smallest bones. Then it is cut into pieces and ground in a blender to a pasty state. Finely grated cheese and butter are added to the herring mass. Mixed;
• mashed potatoes, green and onions;
• canned fish in its own juice, red bell pepper, boiled eggs, cheese and herbs;
• slightly salted red fish fillet, processed cheese, fresh cucumber and greens;
• cottage cheese, mayonnaise, onion and dill, garlic;
• smoked salmon, caviar oil, fresh cucumber, cream cheese and fresh dill.
Here are just a few options for preparing the filling for rolls. This list goes on and on. Each hostess, thanks to her imagination, can come up with her own version of the filling.
After the roll is soaked, it is cut into slices from 1 to 4 cm thick, depending on the filling. Do this just before serving so that the snack does not weather and lose shape.
The remaining roll is wrapped in cling film or foil, so it remains juicy.
Recipe 1. Lavash roll: a step by step recipe with cheese and sausage
Ingredients
processed cheese;
fresh meaty tomatoes;
thin Armenian pita bread;
smoked or cooked sausage;
homemade mayonnaise;
parsley, onion and dill.
Cooking method
1. There are no clear proportions of ingredients in this recipe. Determine the amount of each to your taste. First, make mayonnaise. To do this, combine refined vegetable oil with egg yolks in a container and beat with a submersible blender, movements from bottom to top. Add salt, spices and mustard. Continue whisking until a homogeneous, smooth, white mass is obtained. Unfold a sheet of pita bread on a table and carefully coat with mayonnaise. Pay particular attention to the edges so that they do not remain dry. Leave the cake to soak, but not for long, so that it does not turn into a smear.
2. Free the sausage from the film and chop. Cut boiled into cubes, and smoked into thin strips. It is better to do this with a very sharp knife. When buying sausages, pay attention to expiration dates. Sausage should only be fresh and high quality.
3. Cream cheese is better to put in the freezer for about ten minutes. This is to make them easier to grate. After the allotted time, remove the curds of their freezer. Free them from the foil and grind them into coarse chips using a grater.
4. Wash fresh tomatoes. Moisten with a kitchen towel. Cut out the staple mount. Put on a cutting board, cut in half. Chop each half into thin slices. Tomatoes should be cut only with a very sharp knife.
5. Peel the onions. Wash and crush as finely as possible. Rinse green onions, shake off excess moisture, put on a board and chop thin rings.
6. Put prepared ingredients on soaked pita bread. The sequence of layers is not important. It is important that the filling is not too much. Do not ram it, otherwise the pita will break under the weight of the filling. Simply distribute the ingredients evenly with a thin layer over the entire area of the cake. Now carefully, but at the same time, tightly wrap the filling tightly in pita bread. Carefully bend the roll, put on a dish and put in the microwave. Turn on at full power and keep one and a half minutes. Remove, cool slightly, slice diagonally and lay nicely on a plate. Garnish with sprigs of greenery and serve.
Recipe 2. Lavash roll: a step by step recipe with mushrooms and chicken
Ingredients
100 g soft cream cheese;
210 g of fresh champignons;
110 g smoked legs;
two thin pita bread;
100 g of hard cheese;
onions - a large head.
Cooking method
1. Wipe fresh mushrooms with a damp sponge or cloth. Do not wash these mushrooms under the tap, as they quickly absorb moisture. If necessary, trim the legs. If desired, you can remove thin peel from the hats. Cut the prepared mushrooms into thin slices. Put a cast-iron frying pan on the stove, pour the vegetable oil into it and heat it. Put chopped mushrooms and fry until moisture evaporates. Stir constantly. Remove from heat and cool.
2. Release the onion head from the husk, rinse under the tap. Put on a board and chop with a sharp knife with a thin quarter of the rings. Add chopped onions to the mushrooms and continue to fry, stirring regularly, until light brown.
3. Remove smoked chicken skin. Separate the meat from the bones. Chicken pulp cut into small pieces.
4. Free cheese from the film. Trim the paraffin crust and grind the product into fine chips with a grater. Put in a separate plate.
5. Place a rectangular pita bread on the table. Expand it and coat with a thin layer of soft cream cheese. Especially carefully smearing the edges of the tortilla. Sprinkle with cheese chips on top. Evenly distributing it over the entire surface of the sheet.
6. Expand the second sheet of pita bread and cover them with cheese filling. Press it firmly to the filling so that there are no voids left.
7. On top of the second sheet, lay the fried champignons, distributing them evenly over the entire area. Lay the pieces of smoked chicken ham on the mushrooms. Gently roll the pita bread into a tight roll and wrap it in film or foil. Put in the refrigerator for a few hours so that the snack is saturated. Take the roll out of the refrigerator, remove the film from it and cut into slices no more than two centimeters thick. Put on a beautiful plate. Use green sprigs as decoration.
Lavash roll (step by step recipe) - tips and tricks
Do not freeze the roll, otherwise it will soften and lose its shape after thawing.
To prevent the roll from weathering, wrap it in foil or cling film.
As a sauce, you can use a mixture of mayonnaise with ketchup.
Cut the roll only immediately before serving so that the slices are not weathered or dried.
