In the bakery near the house learned a light recipe for Armenian bread Matnakash, bake for the third day in a row

fragrant Armenian bread Everyone should try it! This is what I learned when I cooked this dish once. First of all, homemade baking is always a good idea. With shop bakery products, it is not near. Secondly, thanks to such authentic recipes, it is possible to touch the culture of another people. And it's expensive. So today I'm happy to suggest you bake a delicate bread with a crispy crust of matnakash.



Instagram / @brooklyn_steak_brn Armenian bread For the preparation of Armenian bread we will use 2 groups of ingredients. The first, the main, is prepared on dry yeast. The second is needed to make a flour brew for matnakash. You can replace dry yeast with live yeast. The proportions are standard: 1 teaspoon of dry product is equivalent to 10 grams of raw yeast.

Test ingredients

• 320 ml of warm water
• 1 tsp dry yeast
• 400–430g sifted wheat flour
• 2-3 tbsp. l of vegetable oil
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp sugar

Ingredients for flour brewing

• 1 tsp wheat flour
• 0.5 tables of water
• 1 pinch of salt and sugar

Preparation

1. First, let's prepare the opar for the main part of the test. To do this, mix warm water, yeast and 1 teaspoon of sugar in a deep bowl. Then add some flour to your eye. The consistency of the opaque should be similar to liquid sour cream.
   
   
   
   
2. Cover a bowl of steam with food film and a towel and send it to a warm place for 20 minutes. You can keep the opar in a slightly warmed oven or near the battery. Also, a bowl of yeast mixture can be placed in another bowl filled with slightly hot tap water.
3. Add salt to the remaining flour. When the opara is ready, pour flour into it and knead the dough directly into the bowl. It is convenient to do this with a special spatula, since the dough will stick quite strongly to the hands. It should be.
   
   
   
   
4. Next, generously lubricate the working surface with vegetable oil. Also oil your hands. Put the dough on the table and stir it with your hands for another 5 minutes. If you have a mixer with special nozzles for the test, it can be done with its help. The result should be a very soft and elastic dough.
5. Shift the dough into a bowl lavishly lubricated with vegetable oil. Cover it with food film and a towel, and then send it to a warm place for another 1 hour.
6. When the dough fits well, wrap it around, forming a ball out of it. Place it on a sheet of parchment lubricated with vegetable oil. Cover the dough with food film and give another 15 minutes to rest. 414233
   
   
   
   At this stage, turn on the oven. Armenian bread needs a temperature of 230 degrees. The baking pan needs to be heated as well. And also put on the lower part of the oven deep shape, which then will need to pour water for a water bath.
   
   

Flour brewing preparation

1. Before baking, the future bread should be lubricated with a special flour brew. To prepare it, mix water, flour, sugar and salt. Stir everything carefully, there should be no lumps.
2. Then cook the mixture in the soteinok so that it thickens slightly. Usually only 1-2 minutes are enough.
   
   
   
   
3. Rested on parchment dough carefully stretched on all sides to get a large cake. Then lubricate the dough with flour brewing. Thanks to her, the bread crust will become more crispy.
4. Then, with your fingers, make a drawing characteristic of Mattnakash on bread. This is an oval and 2 parallel stripes inside it. Cover the dough with food film and give another 10 minutes for the last fastening.
5. Place the finished dough on the hot pan. In the form for a water bath pour 150 ml of boiling water. Put the dough in the oven. For the first 5-7 minutes, bake bread at 230 degrees. Then reduce the temperature to 200 degrees and baking Mattnakash for another 10-15 minutes. Orient yourself to your oven.
   
   
   
   

To prepare Armenian bread, it is not necessary to use flour brewing. You can just skip this stage. The process takes a long time, but the result is definitely worth it.



If you like to experiment with homemade bread, I highly recommend reading the article by my colleague Ekaterina Voronina. In it, she told how to make an incredible bread with creamy cheese filling. Fingers are good!

If you are cooking Matnakash, be sure to share the result in the comments!