Best Nan E Barbari Recipes
NAN-E BARBARI
Nothing beats fresh-out-of-the-oven barbari. This classic Persian flatbread is common all over Iran and a staple on the breakfast table, usually served with cheese, herbs, walnuts or jam and honey. It's a bit crispy on the outside and so fluffy on the inside. The bread's special flavor comes from the baking soda and flour glaze that's brushed on before baking. In Persian bakeries, the bread is traditionally formed into a long oval loaf and cooked in a wood-fired oven. The home baker can make a smaller oval to fit in a standard oven.
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Time 2h10m
Yield 1 loaf (8 servings)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- For the dough: Mix the olive oil, yeast, sugar, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and 1 1/2 cups warm water in a large bowl. Add the flour 1 cup at a time and mix using a wooden spoon until the dough is fully incorporated and there are no bits of flour visible, 5 to 10 minutes. The dough will be sticky. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap, place in a draft-free spot and let the dough rise for 1 hour.
- Uncover the dough, transfer it to a well-floured surface and dust the top with 1 tablespoon flour. Flip the dough using a bench scraper and use your hands to shape it into a ball. Cover with a kitchen towel and let it rise for 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- For the glaze: While the oven is heating, mix the flour, baking soda and 1/2 cup water in a small pan. Bring to a simmer and cook, stirring occasionally, until the mixture thickens and reaches the consistency of ketchup, 3 to 5 minutes. Turn off the heat and let it cool to room temperature.
- Transfer the dough to a large baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Spoon the glaze over the dough and use your hands to spread the dough into a roughly 12-by-16-inch oval or rectangle that's about 1 inch thick. Using your fingertips, make rows of indentations on the dough lengthwise to form lines. Sprinkle with the sesame seeds and nigella seeds.
- Bake until the bread is fully cooked and golden on the top, about 25 minutes. Cover loosely with a kitchen towel for 10 minutes before serving.
BARBARI BREAD (NAN-E BARBARI)
Barbari bread is at its best eaten fresh, as you would a French baguette.
Provided by Najmieh Batmanglij
Yield 4 loaves
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- In a wide mixing bowl, dissolve the yeast in 3 cups/720ml warm water. Add the sugar and set aside for 10 minutes.
- Add the salt to the yeast mixture and mix well. Gradually add the flour and stir constantly. When 6½ cups/650g flour have been added and you have a sticky dough, add 1 tablespoon oil and mix for 2 minutes. Transfer the dough to a floured counter and knead for about 15 minutes, adding the rest of the flour if necessary, until the dough is no longer sticky.
- Lift the dough in the mixing bowl and pour 3 tablespoons oil into it, then turn the dough in the oil so it is coated all over. Cover the entire bowl with a clean damp dish towel and allow the dough to rise for 4 hours, without moving it, in a warm place (I use the oven with just the light on, or a pantry).
- Punch the air out of the dough while it is still in the bowl and flip it over. Cover again with the damp towel and allow to rise 2 for more hours.
- Place a baking stone in the lower level of the oven and preheat the oven to 500°F (260°C) for at least 20 minutes.
- In a small bowl, mix together the egg and yogurt until smooth.
- With oily hands, divide the dough into 4 balls. Place each ball on a lightly oiled surface. Use an oiled rolling pin to roll each ball out to an approximately 11in x 6in/28cm x 15cm oval shape. Place the loaves on an oiled surface, cover with the towel, and leave at room temperature for 20 minutes.
- Dust a baker's peel with cornmeal and transfer a loaf to it. Brush the egg wash and make dents along the length of the top of the loaf, then sprinkle the seeds on top.
- Immediately slide the dough onto the hot baking stone in the oven, cornmeal side down, and bake for 8 minutes. Turn over and bake for 2 minutes longer.
BARBARI BREAD - NAN-E BARBARI
Barbari bread is a Middle Eastern flat-bread, about 1-1 1/2" thick and either round or oval. From an online site.
Provided by Molly53
Categories Yeast Breads
Time 6h12m
Yield 20 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Dissolve yeast in 1/4 cup warm water.
- Add sugar and set aside for 10 minutes.
- Pour yeast mixture in large bowl or food processor, add remaining warm water, and salt--mix well.
- Gradually add flour while stirring constantly.
- After flour has been added, knead by hand, adding more of the flour if needed until the dough is not sticky.
- Pour oil in a large bowl and place dough in bowl.
- Cover with a clean damp towel and let rise 4 hours in warm, dark place without moving.
- Punch air out while dough is in the bowl.
- Flip dough over and return to bowl.
- Cover with new damp towel and allow to rise until double.
- Place cookie sheet in center of oven and preheat to 500°F.
- Divide dough into 11 parts, each piece about 5 inches in diameter.
- Dust a tray with corn meal and place loaves on tray.
- With damp hands, press fingertips into each loaf, then sprinkle tops with sesame seeds.
- Put loaves on the cookie sheet, corn meal side down, and bake sesame side up for 8 minutes in oven.
- Turn bread over and bake corn meal side up for 4 minutes in closed oven.
- Remove loaves from oven.
- Cover with clean towel, serve hot or wrap in foil and freeze (toast before serving.).
Nutrition Facts : Calories 176.9, Fat 3.5, SaturatedFat 0.5, Sodium 119.2, Carbohydrate 31.5, Fiber 1.4, Sugar 0.3, Protein 4.4
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