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Cheese Stuffed Flatbread

This type of naan is a common upgrade in the kebab shops you'll find in nearly every major city in France. Soft and puffy and filled with a melty Laughing Cow cheese, learn how to make homemade stuffed flatbread and then serve with your favorite soup, curry, or use it as a wrap (we love it with falafel, tzadziki, and tomato).
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Rest Dough 1 hour 15 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 50 minutes
Course side
Servings 8 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup water
  • 1 tablespoon instant yeast
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • ¼ cup oil
  • ¾ cup buttermilk
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 4 ½ cups all-purpose flour + more for dusting
  • 2 pkg laughing cow cheese 16 triangles, total

Instructions
 

  • Mix water, instant yeast, sugar, oil, buttermilk and salt in a large mixing bowl.
  • Add half of the flour to the large bowl, stirring to combine.
  • Reserving ½ cup flour, add the other 2 cups of flour to the large mixing bowl and start to stir it with a spatula. I do this so that flour doesn’t fly everywhere when I transfer it all to the mixer. Move the bowl over to a mixer with a dough hook attachment.
  • Gradually add the remaining ½ cup of flour, kneading until the dough starts forming into a cohesive, elastic ball and pulls away from the sides of the bowl. You should end up with smooth dough that slightly stick but still manageable.
  • Shape flatbread dough ball and place back in the bowl. Cover and let rest 45 minutes to 1 hour or until doubled in size.
  • Once the dough has risen, use your hands to gently deflate it and transfer to a lightly floured surface.
  • Divide dough into 8 roughly equal pieces and roll into balls.
  • Cover and let rest for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, unwrap cheese triangles and set on a plate or in a bowl.
  • After 15 minutes, take a portion of dough and flatten slightly into a disc with the palm of your hands on a lightly floured surface. Dust top of disc with more flour and smooth onto the dough. Using a rolling pin, start to flatten the dough, so you have a large enough circle to place 2 cheese triangles into the middle of the dough. Pull sides of dough up and around the cheese. Then, gently roll the dough on the counter to shape it into a ball again. Repeat with remaining dough portions.
  • Once each portion is filled with cheese, heat a large non-stick skillet on medium-high heat.
  • While heating the large skillet, start rolling naan into thin circles (6-inch circle or 7-inch circle) on a lightly floured work surface. Prepare a small bowl of neutral oil, such as vegetable or canola.
  • Once the pan is hot, brush with oil. Place a dough round in the skillet. When it puffs up and you start to see lot of little air bubbles, flip it over and cook the other side. Repeat until each portion of dough has been cooked.
  • Cheese stuffed flatbread (or naan), is best eaten fresh, while still warm because of the melty cheese. I reheat over an open flame on my stovetop, but you can also reheat in a skillet or the microwave.
  • Optional: brush with melted butter and top with a little green onion, parsley or other fresh herbs. Keep naan warm by covering them with a tea towel.

Notes

Notes:
  • Adjust heat as needed. If smoke starts coming off the pan, it is a sign the pan is too hot. I have a gas stove and usually preheat the pan on 4 and then lower to 3 (which isn’t actually a number on my stovetop dial, I just find that lowering to 2 isn’t hot enough). If the dough starts taking too long to puff up or brown, I knock the heat back up to 4. 
  • Cheese naan puff up as tall as pita, owing to the layer of cheese that separates the top from the bottom.
Keyword dough, flatbread, naan
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