Rgag Bread

Paper-thin crisp flatbread cooked on a hot iron plate.

Ingredients

• 3 cups Flour
• 2½ cups Water
• 1 tsp Salt
• 2 Eggs
• 1 cup Cheese
• ¼ cup Date syrup

Method

1. Make the batter — Whisk the flour, water and salt into a very thin, pourable batter and rest 30 minutes.
2. Heat the plate — Get a flat iron griddle very hot.
3. Spread — Pour a ladle on and spread it immediately with your fingertips into a paper-thin circle.
4. Cook fast — Cook 40 seconds until the edges lift and curl — it cooks on one side only.
5. Fill — Crack an egg on top or add cheese while still on the heat.
6. Rgag is ready — Fold into quarters and serve with date syrup.

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