How to Make Maltese Ftira | Traditional Sourdough Flatbread Recipe | Ħobż biż-żejt ta’ Malta

tuna

🥗Healthier: chickpeas

💰Cheaper: canned sardines

Chickpeas provide plant-based protein and are often more affordable.

cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Nutritional yeast is lower in fat and offers a cheesy flavor.

Measure the sourdough and dissolve it in water.

Add flour to the sourdough and water mixture and mix together.

Cover the bowl and let it rest for 15-20 minutes.

After 15 minutes, add salt and mix again.

Cover and let it rest for another 15 minutes.

Perform the first stretch and fold, then cover and let it rest for another 15 minutes.

Perform the second stretch and fold and let it rest for another 15 minutes.

Perform the third stretch and fold and let it rest for 30 minutes.

After 30 minutes, do lamination of the dough.

Place the dough in a clean container for bulk fermentation and cover it.

Let the dough rise until it has about 70% volume increase and bubbles are visible.

Divide the dough in half and shape them into rounds.

Let the shaped dough rest for 10 minutes.

After 10 minutes, shape the dough again and place it on a plate with rice flour to prevent sticking.

Cover and let it rest for about 1.5 hours.

After 1.5 hours, bake the dough in the oven until ready.

Prepare the filling ingredients: cut pepper go cheese, pickled onions, and prepare tuna, olives, broad beans, and capers.

Cut the baked dough and fill it with tomato paste, olive oil, tuna, pickled onions, pepper go cheese, broad beans, olives, and capers.

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