Pita with crab sticks

Every day, almost every housewife thinks about what to cook for his household for lunch or dinner. And if the holiday is coming, the menu becomes a problem at all. For many decades we have been studying recipes from various cuisines of the world, and a number of overseas dishes can already be truly considered traditional. An honorable place among the products for the preparation of snacks is pita. Despite its Armenian origin, it is successfully prepared by domestic bakeries and even at home. As a snack, you can make pita bread with crab sticks or some other filling.

Let's talk about how to surprise your household and guests with an exquisite, but at the same time simple dish.

Lavash roll with crab sticks: cooking methods and tips

Classic pita bread has almost no taste, because it is baked from fresh yeast dough, so any stuffing can be used to cook dishes based on it. Tips from experienced chefs will help you make a real masterpiece out of ordinary pita bread:

• for making a quick roll, you only need to take ready-made foods, for example, crab sticks, vegetables, smoked meats, cheese;
• pita can be used as a basis for cooking baked envelopes or pizza;
• for the impregnation of lavash it is necessary to use sauce, ketchup or mayonnaise;
• Any vegetables are perfect for the filling, as long as they are combined with the selected meat ingredient;
• sweet tooth can treat yourself to a roll with fruit and caramel;
• after making the roll, it must be brewed for 1-2 hours so that the dough is thoroughly soaked with sauce;
• as a basis for the filling, you can choose meat (smoked or boiled), sausages, fish (dried or salted).

Pita with crab sticks: recipes with photos

To date, there are countless recipes for making rolls of pita. Such a dish takes pride of place among the snacks on any table. Most housewives prefer to prepare a roll of pita with a must-have ingredient - crab sticks. Indeed, it is very convenient and fast - you only need to grind the finished product. Let's look at a few recipes that many of us have come to love over the years.

With cheese

Perhaps, such a roll is considered a classic culinary genre. Moreover, you can cook it in minutes.

Composition:

• crab sticks - 200-250 g;
• hard or melted cheese - to taste;
• mayonnaise or ketchup;
• pita sheets;
• garlic cloves.

Cooking:

1. To begin, prepare all the products. Crab sticks chop on a grater or cut into small cubes.
2. Grate the melted or hard cheese of any kind on a fine grater and place in a separate dish.
3. In a separate container, mix mayonnaise or ketchup with garlic cloves crushed under a press. To taste you can add fresh greens.
4. Deploy the pita bread to full length on the working surface of the table and grease it with mayonnaise, ketchup or another sauce, depending on your taste preferences.
5. Spread crushed cheese and crab sticks evenly over the entire surface of the pita bread.
6. Starting at the edge, gently roll the pita into a roll and put it on a separate dish or chopping board.
7. Put the cooked roll in the fridge and let it stand for 1-2 hours.
8. Then cut the finished pita with crab sticks and melted cheese into portions and serve slightly chilled.

With cucumber

If you want the pita bread with crab sticks to be a bit unusual and very tasty, then add fresh cucumber to the filling. Only it is not necessary to grind it on a grater, otherwise excess juice will make the roll too loose. Cucumber can be cut into small cubes or straws.

Composition:

• chilled crab sticks;
• fresh cucumbers;
• mayonnaise or sauce;
• garlic cloves;
• processed cheese;
• pita;
• greens (dill, parsley to taste).

Cooking:

1. The filling for pita with crab sticks and cucumbers can be slightly modified by the addition of new ingredients. In this recipe you can use boiled eggs and lettuce leaves.
2. Crush crab sticks, grate cheese on a fine grater.
3. In a separate bowl, make the sauce by mixing mayonnaise or ketchup with chopped garlic cloves and greens.
4. Grease the surface of the unrolled pita bread with sauce and spread the crab sticks with cheese.
5. Crush fresh cucumbers, cut them into cubes or strips.
6. Put the cucumbers on the pita bread and add some more mayonnaise or sauce.
7. Gently, starting from one edge, wrap the pita bread in a roll.
8. Send a snack in the fridge for 1.5-2 hours.
9. Cut the roll into portions.

With Korean carrot

To cook savory and refined Armenian lavash with crab sticks, add Korean carrot or other spices and spicy vegetables to the filling. You can take a classic pita bread with crab sticks and an egg and add Korean carrot or eggplant to it. Some housewives like to add spicy cabbage or beets.

Composition:

• pita;
• chilled crab sticks;
• mayonnaise;
• garlic cloves;
• Korean carrot.

Cooking:

1. Crush crab sticks or grate them.
2. In a separate container, mix mayonnaise (you can sour cream) and chopped garlic cloves.
3. The resulting mixture abundantly grease the surface of a single sheet of pita.
4. Put shredded crab sticks on it.
5. Cover this layer with another sheet of pita bread and smear it with garlic mayonnaise.
6. Put Korean carrots on top of the sheet and wrap the pita in a roll.
7. Take a snack in the fridge for about 1-2 hours.
8. Before serving, cut the roll into portions.

Fried Crab Pita

You can make any pita stuffed with crab sticks you like, whose cooking recipes do not require additional processing. If desired, you can fry the sheets of pita in the pan or bake the roll in the oven.

Composition:

• crab sticks;
• boiled chicken eggs;
• cheese of any type;
• mayonnaise;
• garlic cloves;
• pita sheets;
• vegetable oil;
• any greens;
• seasonings.

Cooking:

1. Crush chilled crab sticks and boiled chicken eggs.
2. Chop finely greens and grate the cheese.
3. Put all the ingredients in a separate dish and add sour cream or mayonnaise with garlic. Mix everything well.
4. Take pita sheets and cut them into 4 pieces.
5. On each sheet, put the finished stuffing and wrap the edges of the pita in the form of an envelope.
6. Fry over moderate heat using vegetable oil, resulting envelopes.
7. Serve this dish better hot.

Crab rolls from pita bread

If you want to surprise your household with a Japanese dish, then you do not need to learn how to make sushi from raw fish or rolls with rice. Classic Japanese rolls can be made from crab sticks or meat and Armenian lavash.

Composition:

• chilled crab sticks;
• boiled chicken eggs;
• garlic cloves;
• hard or processed cheese;
• greenery;
• mayonnaise;
• sheets of pita.

Cooking:

1. Crush chilled crab sticks. Depending on your taste preferences, you can use crab meat.
2. Grate cheese (hard or melted) on a fine grater.
3. Chop the garlic cloves with a knife or with a special press.
4. Cut finely fresh greens.
5. Take a sheet of pita bread and grease it liberally with mayonnaise.
6. Put crushed garlic on top of the mayonnaise layer, spreading it evenly over the entire surface.
7. Put all the crushed ingredients in even strips of pita in the following order: crab sticks, greens, cheese, eggs.
8. Place a second sheet of pita on top and wrap the roll edges gently.
9. Place the resulting roll in foil and refrigerate for 2-3 hours.
10. After this time, remove the foil and cut the roll into small slices - get a kind of rolls.

You can use absolutely any filling and cook, for example, sweet rolls. Show imagination and do not be afraid to experiment. When cooking such rolls, crab sticks can be replaced with meat or fish. Enjoy your meal!