Mini Lagana with Chocolate Tahini

Lagana is a Greek Flatbread traditionally baked for Clean Monday, the first day of the Great Lent. Traditionally, it was prepared unleavened (without the yeast), but leavened lagana is nowadays more common

YIELD:

serves 4-6

ACTIVE TIME: 10 minutes 

TOTAL TIME: 1 hour

Ingredients

• • 2 cups flour 
  • 1 cup lukewarm water
  • 2 tbsp olive oil 
  • 1 tsp salt 
  • 2 tbsp sugar 
  • 1 tbsp yeast
  • 1 tbsp tahini 
  • 1 cup sesame 
  • 5 tbsp chocolate tahini 

INSTRUCTIONS

1. In a bowl, you combine all the ingredients except the sesame. You knead until you form a dough. 
2. Let the dough rest for 10 minutes.  
3. Divide the dough into 6-7 small pieces.
4. Punch them down and stretch them into oval small flatbreads.
5. Place them onto a parchment-lined baking sheet. Cover the dough again and let them rest for 10 minutes.
6. Preheat the oven to 380oF.
7. Pinch the flatbreads with a fork and brush them with a little water and sprinkle it generously with the sesame seeds.
8. Bake the laganas for 30 minutes, until golden brown.