[Sca-cooks] al-Warraq part two

[David Friedman]

I've been experimenting with al-Warraq baking. Among other things, 
there are bread recipes. Yesterday I did Nabatean water bread, which 
is supposed to be cooked by sticking it to the inside of a tannur. I 
used a baking stone in an oven. After five or ten minutes you 
sprinkle it with water--not sure what the effect of that is. It 
turned out as a dense, reasonably tasty bread.

This morning I baked ka-ak. Comes out as a sort of dry cracker/bread. 
A little dull, since I didn't have the saffron that was the one 
flavoring--but it could have been worse. I could have had the saffron.

If anyone else wants to try it, my conclusions so far are:

For a full recipe (I was doing a fifth) 7 1/2 c water. Roll it out 
about 1/4" thick--it will puff up in the oven.
-- 
David/Cariadoc
www.daviddfriedman.com