Lavash roll can be called a universal snack that can be served for dinner, on a festive table, or to take with you on the road. In addition, it is a great alternative to high-calorie sandwiches.
Lavash roll (step-by-step recipe) - basic principles of cooking
Thin Armenian lavash is becoming more popular. It is very convenient to always have it at hand. No need to waste time kneading dough. From the pita you can cook a variety of dishes: rolls, envelopes with filling, cakes, etc. And the filling can be meat, vegetable, fish, cheese and even sweet.
In this article we will focus on the preparation of rolls.
For the preparation of rolls, it is better to use flat cakes. Pita bread must be of good quality and must be fresh, so that when rolled it will not tear or break. Roll the rolls along the sheet so that it does not turn out too thick.
Rolls for every day are prepared from what is on hand. These can be vegetables, leftover cheese or sausages, mashed potatoes, etc. That is almost all that remains of breakfast or dinner. For festive rolls need more ingredients, so you should stock up on products in advance.
Roll sauce is made from mayonnaise, ketchup, tomato paste or sour cream. Mayonnaise is better to use low-calorie, but if you plan on preparing a hearty snack, you can take a fatty product. The ideal solution would be to make mayonnaise yourself. To do this, blend with a blender refined vegetable oil with egg yolks, add salt, spices and mustard. As a result, you get a natural product of high quality. Ketchup use any, gentle, spicy or savory. Do not put too much sauce in the roll, otherwise the pita will soften and the dish will be spoiled. At the same time, if the sauce is small, the filling will be 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 making filling for pita bread rolls (step-by-step recipe):
• hard cheese, eggs, mayonnaise, garlic, chicken breast. Boiled chicken cut into thin bars. The boiled eggs are peeled from the shell and kneaded with a fork. Cheese rub in large chips and combine with eggs, add crushed garlic and mayonnaise. Stirred;
• crab sticks, hard cheese, soft melted cheese and greens;
• champignons, sour cream or mayonnaise, cheese, onions;
• white or Chinese cabbage, carrots, fried champignons and onions;
• mayonnaise, liver pate, cheese;
• herring oil. It can be used as a filling in combination with fresh vegetables. For cooking butter, bert is a large, fat herring, a couple of processed cheese, half a pack of butter, and one large carrot. Cheese and butter for some time put in the freezer. Carrots are cleaned and washed. Herring is sorted into fillets, removing everything, even the smallest bones. Then it is cut into pieces and ground in a blender to a pasty state. Finely grated cheeses and butter are added to the herring mass. Stirred;
• mashed potatoes, green and onions;
• canned fish in its own juice, red pepper, boiled eggs, cheese and greens;
• salted red fish fillet, processed cheese, fresh cucumber and greens;
• cottage cheese, mayonnaise, greens of onion and dill, garlic;
• smoked salmon, caviar butter, fresh cucumber, melted cheese and fresh dill.
Here are just a few options for making rolls filling. This list is endless. Each mistress, due 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 immediately before serving, so that the appetizer is not overwhelmed and does not lose shape. The remaining roll is wrapped in cling film or foil, so it will remain juicy.
Recipe 1. Lavash roll: a step-by-step recipe with cheese and sausage
Ingredients
processed cheese;
fresh meaty tomatoes;
thin Armenian lavash;
smoked or boiled sausage;
homemade mayonnaise;
parsley, onion and dill.
Method of preparation
1. In this recipe there are no clear proportions of ingredients. Determine the amount of each to your taste. To start, make mayonnaise. To do this, combine refined vegetable oil with egg yolks in a container and beat it with an immersion blender, from bottom to top. Add salt, spices and mustard. Continue to beat until you get a smooth, smooth, white mass. Expand the pita leaf on the table and carefully grease with mayonnaise. Pay particular attention to the edges so that they do not remain dry. Leave the cake soaked, but not for long, so that it does not turn into a mash.
2. Free the sausage from the film and chop. Boil cut into cubes, and smoked - thin strips. It is better to do this with a very sharp knife. When buying sausage, pay attention to shelf life. Sausage should be only fresh and high quality.
3. Melted curd cheese is better to put in the freezer for ten minutes. This is to make them easier to rub. After the allotted time, remove the cheese curds from the freezer. Release them from the foil and chop into large chips using a grater.
4. Wash fresh tomatoes. Wipe with a kitchen towel. Cut the place of attachment of the stem. Put on a cutting board, cut in half. Shred each half into thin slices. Tomatoes should be cut only with a very sharp knife.
5. Free onions from the husk. Wash and crumble as small as possible. Rinse green onions, shake off excess moisture, put on the board and chop into thin rings. 6. Put the prepared ingredients on the impregnated pita. The sequence of layers does not matter. It is important that the filling is not too much. Do not ram it, otherwise the pita will be torn under the weight of the filling. Simply distribute the ingredients evenly in a thin layer over the whole cake. Now gently, but at the same time, wrap the filling in a pita tightly enough. Gently bend the roll, put on a dish and put in a microwave. Turn on all the power and hold a half minutes. Take out, cool slightly, slice diagonally and place nicely on a plate. Decorate with greens and serve.
Recipe 2. Lavash roll: a step-by-step recipe with mushrooms and chicken
Ingredients
100 g soft melted cheese;
210 g of fresh champignons;
110 g smoked chicken legs;
two thin pita;
100 g of hard cheese;
Onions - a large head.
Method of preparation
1. Fresh champignons wipe with a damp sponge or napkin. Do not wash these mushrooms under a tap, as they quickly absorb moisture. If necessary, trim the legs. If desired, you can remove the thin peel from the caps. Prepared champignons cut into thin slices. Put a cast iron skillet on the stove, pour vegetable oil into it and heat it. Put the sliced mushrooms and fry until moisture evaporates. Stir constantly. Remove from heat and cool.
2. Free the onion head from the husk, rinse under the tap. Put on the board and chop with a sharp knife with thin quarter rings. Add chopped onion to the mushrooms and continue to fry, stirring regularly, until light rosy.
3. Remove the skin from the smoked leg. Separate the meat from the bones. Cut chicken flesh into small pieces.
4. Free the cheese from the film. Cut the paraffin crust and chop the product into small chips using a grater. Transfer to a separate plate. 5. Put on the table a rectangular pita. Unroll it and grease with a thin layer of soft melted cheese. Especially carefully promazyvaya edge cakes. Sprinkle cheese on top. Evenly distributing it over the entire surface of the sheet.
6. Expand the second leaf of pita bread and cover with cheese filling. Press it firmly against the filling so that there are no voids left.
7. Place roasted champignons on top of the second sheet, spreading them evenly over the entire area. Place the smoked chicken ham on the mushrooms. Gently roll the pita bread into a thick roll and wrap it in film or foil. Send to the refrigerator for a few hours so that the snack should be soaked. Remove the roll from the refrigerator, remove the film from it and cut into slices no more than two centimeters thick. Put on a beautiful plate. As decoration, use sprigs of greenery.
Lavash roll (step-by-step recipe) - tips and tricks
Do not freeze the roll, otherwise after defrosting it will soften and lose its shape.
To roll not curled, wrap it in foil or cling film.
As a sauce, you can use a mixture of mayonnaise with ketchup.
Roll cut only immediately before serving, so that the slices are not light-headed and not dried.
