Italian Flatbreads (Piadine)

Name: Italian Flatbreads (Piadine)
Yield: Makes 4 flatbreads
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 2 cups (10 ounces), all-purpose flour; 3/4 teaspoon, baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon, table salt; 3 tablespoons, vegetable oil; 3/4 cup, water

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated September/October 2019, America's Test Kitchen TV

Meet piadine: the rustic, tender-chewy rounds of Italian flatbread that you can make without yeast, lengthy rising times, or even your oven.

SERVESMakes 4 flatbreads

TIME40 minutes, plus 30 minutes resting

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For chewy-tender piadine with an open crumb, we added baking powder to the dough, as well as ample amounts of fat and water that diluted the gluten strands, keeping the dough soft and pliable without making it too rich. Rolling the dough in...

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