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Article: Tasty pita chips an economical, gourmet treat
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- September 30, 2009
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Gourmet specialty chips are yummy, and usually expensive, so we
set out to see what it would take to make our own. After a couple of
experiments, we settled on homemade pita chips as an easy and
economical treat. The results are simply fantastic. Use them to
scoop hummus or even to take the place of crackers.
Making crunchy pita chips basically boils down to pulling the
bread rounds apart into two sections and then slicing them into
wedges with a pizza cutter. (Cutting them in half first to "access
the pocket" makes it quick work.) Then, brushed with a bit of butter
or oil and sprinkled with flavor enhancers like herbs and cheese,
they pop into the oven and crisp into chips.
For our first ...