Skillet lavash
Thin, flexible flatbread for wrapping herbs or serving beside dinner. This skillet adaptation does not require a tonir.
This recipe has not been kitchen-tested.
Prep: 50 min · Cook: 15 min · Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 300 g — wheat flour
- 180 ml — water
- 15 ml — olive oil
- 4 g — salt
Method
- Weigh all ingredients, wash produce and prepare clean equipment before starting. Keep raw meat and eggs separate from ready-to-eat food.
- Mix the flour, water, oil and salt. Knead 8 minutes until smooth; cover and rest 30 minutes.
- Divide the dough into 8 pieces and roll very thinly on a lightly floured surface.
- Cook each flatbread on a hot dry skillet for 45–90 seconds per side. Stack under a clean towel to stay pliable.
- Serve promptly. Refrigerate leftovers in shallow covered containers at 4°C or below within 2 hours (1 hour above 32°C); use within 3 days. Reheat cooked leftovers to 74°C.
Allergen notes
- Wheat and gluten
- Check all prepared-product labels and shared-equipment cross-contact; this is not an exhaustive allergen guarantee.
Cook’s notes
- Times are estimates; pan size, oven and ingredient temperature change the result. These editorial drafts have not been kitchen-tested.
History & sources
UNESCO inscribed Armenia's lavash preparation and cultural practices in 2014. Its account describes communal baking in a tonir, shared skills and wedding customs; 2014 is a heritage-list date, not the bread's invention date. The sources below document cultural context, not this recipe's exact proportions. A precise invention date is not established here; family and regional versions differ.
Cited sources offer cultural context only. They do not verify kitchen testing, the exact ingredient proportions in this recipe, or an invention date.