Pita Bread

bread · Mediterranean food · Middle East · yeast-leavened

A pocket surprise. Pita bread has a magical hollow pocket inside that forms when it bakes, making it perfect for stuffing with fillings like hummus, falafel, or meat.

From many lands. Pita goes by many names around the world: Greek bread, Arabic bread, Lebanese bread, and Syrian bread, because people in the Mediterranean and Middle East have been making it for centuries.

Made with yeast. Pita is created from wheat flour and yeast, which makes the dough rise and puff up when it bakes in a hot oven, creating that special pocket inside.

Perfect wrapper. The pocket inside pita makes it ideal for holding lots of tasty fillings without falling apart, which is why people use it to wrap everything from souvlaki (grilled meat) to vegetables.