Albanian Kulaç Soda Bread

Name: Albanian Kulaç Soda Bread
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Albania
Ingredients: 450g plain flour; 500g Greek style yogurt; 1/2 tsp salt; 1 tsp baking powder; 1 tbsp olive oil

Rustic, crusty soda bread made effortlessly with cooling Greek yoghurt. No yeast or proving needed.

40 min serves 6 Easy Watch

Ingredients

450g plain flour1.5kg

500g Greek style yogurt500g

1/2 tsp salt750g

1 tsp baking powder200g

1 tbsp olive oil500ml

Method

Prepare
On a large baking tray or a clean work surface, mix together the dry ingredients - flour, baking soda and salt.
Make a well in the middle and add the yogurt. Using your hands slowly combined the ingredients together to start to form a dough.
Kneed the dough on a floured surface, adding extra flour if you find the texture too sticky. The dough is ready when it is of a pizza dough texture and still very slightly sticky, this should only take a few minutes.
On a baking tray add a little oil and put the dough on top. Shape and flatten the dough into a circle shape ensuring the height of the dough is about 5cm.
Cover the dough with a little bit of olive oil, ensure it is fully covered.
You can bake the Kulaç as it is or you can create patterns which also helps with even cooking. The most common patterns are using the back of a fork to slightly press down to create line dents all over or spiking the dough with the fork.
Baking
Place on the bottom shelf of a pre heated oven. Bake for 40 minutes or until the dough is golden and firm to touch.
Cooling
Once removed from the oven, stand upright or place on a cooling rack to allow the Kulaç to cool.
Serving
Cut the Kulaç the way you would a cake into 8 slices. If you are serving warm you may want to snap and pull apart the bread with your hands instead.

Cost to cook

serves 6 · I have the cupboard staples

Live supermarket prices, as of 3 Oct. Full-pack shop cost · about £1.15 of it is what this recipe actually uses.

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£1.52 est. · serves 6

Method

Prepare

On a large baking tray or a clean work surface, mix together the dry ingredients - flour, baking soda and salt.

Make a well in the middle and add the yogurt. Using your hands slowly combined the ingredients together to start to form a dough.

Kneed the dough on a floured surface, adding extra flour if you find the texture too sticky. The dough is ready when it is of a pizza dough texture and still very slightly sticky, this should only take a few minutes.

On a baking tray add a little oil and put the dough on top. Shape and flatten the dough into a circle shape ensuring the height of the dough is about 5cm.

Cover the dough with a little bit of olive oil, ensure it is fully covered.

You can bake the Kulaç as it is or you can create patterns which also helps with even cooking. The most common patterns are using the back of a fork to slightly press down to create line dents all over or spiking the dough with the fork.

Baking

Place on the bottom shelf of a pre heated oven. Bake for 40 minutes or until the dough is golden and firm to touch.

Cooling

Once removed from the oven, stand upright or place on a cooling rack to allow the Kulaç to cool.

Serving

Cut the Kulaç the way you would a cake into 8 slices. If you are serving warm you may want to snap and pull apart the bread with your hands instead.