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So Moorish you cant stop eating it​

Ingredients

Lebanese bread

• 125 ml (½ cup) warm (not hot) water, plus 2-3 tbsp extra

• 1 sachet dry yeast

• 1 tsp sugar

• 2 tsp canola oil, plus extra for brushing

• 150 g (1 cup) self-raising flour

• 150 g (1 cup) plain flour

• 75 g (½ cup) plain flour, for dusting

• 1 tsp salt

• 1 garlic clove, crushed

Salad

• 2 bunches purslane (see Note), torn into small pieces

• 5 tomatoes, diced

• 3 Lebanese cucumbers, diced

• 1 bunch radishes, tops removed, thinly sliced

• 1 bunch mint, leaves picked

• 1 small bunch flat-leaf parsley, leaves picked

• ½ pomegranate, seeds removed

Dressing

• 5 lemons, juiced

• 2 tsp sumac

• 2 garlic cloves, minced

• 1 tsp salt

• 80 ml (⅓ cup) olive oil

Instructions

To make the Lebanese bread, combine the yeast with the water and sugar in a cup, cover with a small plate and rest for 5 minutes or until the yeast rises to the top of the cup.

Put the canola oil in a bowl, add the flours and salt, add the yeast mixture and the extra 2-3 tbsp of water and mix until a dough is formed. Knead for 5-10 minutes on a lightly dusted surface until smooth. Cover in plastic wrap and rest until doubled in size (ideally 2 hours, but 30 minutes is sufficient).

Preheat the oven to 220ºC.

Divide the dough into 4 and roll out each to about 2 mm thick.

Stretch out the edges to about 1 mm thick to allow for some very crispy parts and some thicker parts.

Mix the crushed garlic with some oil and use to lightly brush 2 large oven trays. Place the bread on the trays and lightly brush with the garlic oil, too.

Bake until the edges are golden brown and crisp.

Remove, cool on a wire rack, break apart into large pieces and set aside.

For the dressing, combine all of the ingredients, stirring well.

To assemble, combine all of the salad ingredients in a large bowl and toss with the dressing. Add the thicker pieces of crispy bread to allow them to soak up the dressing. Right before serving, add the remaining crispy bread.

Cook's notes

• Purslane is available from farmer's markets and select greengrocers.