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Lavash

↳ from Armenia, Armenia

A thin, soft flatbread baked in a clay oven (tonir), eaten daily and wrapped around cheese, herbs and meat.

History

Lavash is on UNESCO's list of intangible heritage (2014) for Armenia. It is baked by women, who slap the dough onto the walls of the tonir.

Ingredients

  • Wheat flour
  • Water
  • Salt

How it's made

  1. Mix flour, water and salt into a dough
  2. Rest
  3. Roll into thin sheets
  4. Stretch and slap onto the hot wall of a tonir
  5. Bake in seconds, peel off and stack

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