Gazpacho
Active: 15 minutes
Total: 1 hour 15 minutes
Sesame Broiled Pitas with Tomatoes, Cucumber, Mint & Feta
Active Time: 15 minutes Total Time: 15 minutes Serves: Serves 4
Ingredients
- 2 pita breads
- 2 tablespoons sesame seeds
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling
- pinch kosher salt
- 1 pint cherry or grape tomatoes, quartered
- ½ of an English cucumber, cut into small pieces
- 16 fresh mint leaves
- ½ cup crumbled feta cheese
- ⅛ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
Heat the broiler (with the oven rack 4 inches from the top).
To cut the pitas in half, lay them flat on your cutting board. Use a serrated knife (or you can use scissors) to cut around the edges then peel apart. Lay them cut-side up on a sheet pan.
In a small bowl, combine the sesame seeds, oil, and a pinch of salt. Dividing evenly, use a pastry brush or spoon to spread the sesame/oil mixture over the pitas. Set aside.
Cut the tomatoes into quarters. Quarter the cucumber lengthwise then cut it crosswise into small pieces. Wash the mint and pat dry with paper towels.
Now, slide the pitas under the broiler and broil until browned around the edges but still pliable in the middle so you can fold it over when you eat it, 1 to 2 minutes.
Dividing evenly, fill each pita with the tomatoes, cucumber, and mint (tear the leaves if they are big). Crumble the feta over the tops of each. Drizzle with a little more oil and give each a turn or two of pepper.
step by step
/01/
To cut the pitas in half, lay them flat on your cutting board. Use a serrated knife to cut around the edges then peel apart. Lay them cut-side up on a sheet pan.
/02/
In a small bowl, combine the sesame seeds, oil, and a pinch of salt.
/03/
Dividing evenly, use a pastry brush or spoon to spread the sesame/oil mixture over the pitas. Set aside.
/04/
Cut the tomatoes into quarters.
/05/
Quarter the cucumber lengthwise then cut it crosswise into small pieces. Wash the mint and pat dry with paper towels.
/06/
Broil the pitas until browned around the edges but still pliable in the middle, 1 to 2 minutes. Then, dividing evenly, fill each pita with the tomatoes and cucumber.
/07/
Add the mint (tear the leaves if they are big) and crumble the feta over the tops of each.
/08/
Drizzle with a little more oil and give each a turn or two of pepper.
This recipe was printed from:
https://jessicaseinfeld.com/recipes/sesame-broiled-pitas-with-tomatoes-cucumber-mint-feta
