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Contents Flatbread Maker Safety ....2 Convenience Dough ......12 Parts and Features ......3 The Fold, the Roll, the Wrap ....13 Operating Instructions....4-5 Ethnic Foods, Ingredient Substitutions, and Cleaning ..........6 Package Sizes ........14 Storing..........6 Nutritional Information ......15 History of Flatbread ......7 Troubleshooting ........16 Fusion Cooking........7...
Operating Instructions Before first use, wash the Cover and Bread Paddle in hot, soapy water. Rinse and dry. Use a hot, damp cloth to wipe the Griddle and both upper and lower surfaces of the Press. Select a flatbread and filling recipe to prepare.
Operating Instructions (cont.) Open the Press and remove the Bread Paddle with the cooked, pressed flatbread. The flatbread can be trans- ferred to the Griddle for warming, further cooking, or browning if desired or needed. The Griddle can Unlock the Press, remove also be used to cook the Bread Paddle, and place filling for the flatbread.
Cleaning Turn all controls off, unplug, Wipe all other surfaces with a and let cool. clean, damp cloth. To clean burned-on food from Wash Cover and Bread Paddle the Griddle, pour 1 cup hot in hot, soapy water. Rinse water into Griddle. Let soak, and dry.
Chicken Primavera for an Italian twist. This concept, called fusion cooking, is a growing trend in food preparation today. The recipes that have been developed for the Flatbread MealMaker Express will show you how to take the basic ingredients from different cuisines and wrap them up into a meal that your family will have fun making—and eating.
Flatbread Basics Thickness Texture Tips • The consistency of the dough will Oil, Shortening, and Butter be a major factor in the thickness • You may use vegetable oil, short- of the flatbread. Softer, wetter ening, or butter. Many of the recipes dough will be easier to press call for 2-3 tablespoons of oil.
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However, if you press fewer times • KEEP WARM – With the Cover and lock at the tip of the Latch, you on, this setting keeps prepared will be exerting less pressure and fillings, flatbread, or wraps warm you will get a smaller, thicker 6-inch for up to 40 minutes.
Tips for Success About the Symbols About “Rising” Time The time needed to make flatbread Our easy-to-use recipe symbols give you information at-a-glance! from scratch will vary from recipe to recipe. For example, flour tortillas, Indicates that this recipe which have no yeast, can be made will need additional time in just a few minutes.
Mixing the Dough by Hand The following steps are standard instructions for mixing dough by hand. These instructions can be used when preparing any of the Bread Recipes in this book. Standing Time Dry Ingredients Allow the dough to stand for at Combine all dry ingredients that are being used in the bread recipe least 20 minutes.
Convenience Dough If time is short or you don’t feel like making a wrap from scratch, you can use a convenience dough product, such as canned biscuits, cornbread sticks, pizza crust, crescent rolls, and breadsticks. These are readily available in the refrigerator case of your supermarket.
The Fold, the Roll, the Wrap The Fold To fill a flatbread, place filling in the center of the prepared flatbread. The Fold is simply folded in half. The Roll The Roll may be easier if the filling is spread over the flatbread and then rolled up like a jellyroll.
Ethnic Foods, Ingredient Substitutions, and Package Sizes Many ethnic ingredients are now readily available in most large supermarkets. If you cannot find a specific ingredient listed, however, we offer the following list of substitutions. Some foods do not have a similar food to list as a substitution.
Nutritional Information Calculating Nutritional Information on the Size and Information Guidelines: Type of Ingredients Used in • Whenever there is a choice the Recipes: given in a recipe, the nutritional The following ingredients were used information that is given is for the in the testing of the recipes.
Troubleshooting QUESTION ANSWER The flatbread dough Position towards the back of the Bread Paddle in squeezes out the front the Press. Press lightly, open and push back bread. of the Press. Finish pressing. Also check to make sure you’re not using too much dough.
Keep this number for future reference! TWO YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY Hamilton Beach/Proctor-Silex, Inc. warrants this appliance to be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of two (2) years from the date of original purchase, except as noted. There is no warranty...