Welcome to the Breadmasters Flatbread Blog, your resource for authentic recipes, cultural history, and artisan baking insights. From the ancient traditions of Armenian Lavash and Persian Sangak to modern serving ideas, we explore the stories behind the world’s most beloved flatbreads. Discover how these simple breads connect cultures, traditions, and tables
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Khorovats and Kebabs’ Origins
Kebabs are various cooked meat dishes, with their origins in Middle Eastern cuisine. Many variants are popular around the world. In most English-speaking countries, a kebab is commonly the internationally known shish kebab or shashlik, though outside of North America a kebab may be the ubiquitous fast-food doner kebab or its variants. By contrast, in…
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How does Lavash influence Armenian Culture and Tradition?
Lavash is a soft, thin unleavened flatbread made in a tandoor and eaten all over the South Caucasus, Western Asia and the areas surrounding the Caspian Sea.In 2014, “Lavash, the preparation, meaning and appearance of traditional bread as an expression of culture in Armenia” was inscribed in the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural…
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A Short History of Khash
A recipe for the Armenian soup called khash, at its most basic, goes something like this: Simmer cows’ hooves overnight. Serve. Gelatinous beef trotters—flavored tableside with sinus-clearing add-ins like lemon, salt, vinegar and raw garlic—may sound like the last thing you’d reach for when nursing a hangover, but Armenians swear by khash’s panacean powers, particularly…
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Where to find sangak
Even before you taste the tangy, leavened Persian flatbread known as sangak or nan-e sangak, there is so much to marvel over. Made of whole wheat flour, it’s sold in sheets so long they could be used as a sesame-seed encrusted table runner at your next biblically-themed dinner party. It can be found at most…
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What Do You Eat Three-Foot Long Sangak Flatbread With?
When a wedding buffet pushes you into this spacey state of existence, making everyone in the buffet line vanish away and leaving one twisted thought lingering in your head…ah, if only I could share that goat head crowned with tempered rice with my readers. When you’re having nightmares about whether your facebook page followers have…
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Sangak: Long, Iranian Flatbread
Sangak looks more like a table runner than a piece of bread. The sheet of flatbread was longer before we nibbled away about six inches. Good stuff! Recently I came upon an Iranian bread at Jay’s International Market. The sheets of Sangak, made with whole wheat flour and sourdough, were almost 3 feet long! Robin…
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CNN Travel – Sangak, 50 of the World’s Best Breads
(CNN) — What is bread? You likely don’t have to think for long, and whether you’re hungry for a slice of sourdough or craving some tortillas, what you imagine says a lot about where you’re from. But if bread is easy to picture, it’s hard to define. Bread historian William Rubel argues that creating a…
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Armenian Flatbread: Lavash
Lavash is a soft, thin flatbread of Armenian origin, popular in the Caucasus, Iran, and Turkey. Lavash is made with flour, water, and salt. The thickness of the bread varies depending on how thin it was rolled out. Toasted sesame seeds and/or poppy seeds are sometimes sprinkled on before baking. Traditionally the dough is rolled…
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Our Armenia Trip & Lavash Bread Experience
The first lavash we ate after arriving in Yerevan came from the corner store near our rental apartment. It was pale and paper-thin, but durable enough to wrap it around scrambled eggs and cheese. This lavash wouldn’t be the lavash that changed our lives, but it served an important purpose: refueling our brains after two…
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Armenian National Bread Lavash
You have probably heard about lavash, traditional Armenian bread, which is an important part of the Armenian table. Lavash is not just bread, it’s part of history and culture, and it has its own legend. A king named Aram that ruled in Armenia, was captured by the Assyrian king Nosor. For an honest victory over…
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Armenian Lavash Flatbread Features
Lavash is a soft and thin unleavened flatbread. It is made and eaten all over the Caucasus, Western Asia and the areas surrounding the Caspian Sea. In Armenia, this is the most widespread type of bread. It’s not even hard, but we’d claim that it’s impossible to find an Armenian table without lavash. During centuries,…
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Lavash Flatbread Armenian Cuisine
Armenian cuisine is famous for its traditional flat, thin and soft bread called Lavash. You can dry and keep it for quite a long time. One can’t imagine a festive table without lavash! Lavash not only occupies the highest place in Armenian cuisine but also symbolizes life and wisdom. In ancient times, Armenians used lavash…
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Pita vs Lavash
Main Difference The main difference between Pita and Lavash is that the Pita is a soft, slightly leavened flatbread baked from wheat flour and Lavash is a flatbread. Pita In many languages, the word ‘pita’ refers not to flatbread, but to flaky pastries; see börek. Pita ( or US: ) in Greek, sometimes spelled Pitta…
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Lavash; The King Of The Armenian Breads
Armenia is one of the oldest countries with ancient history, culture and cuisine in Asia and the South Caucasus region. A nation that has a history of thousand years, decades and still from the ancient times Armenians knew how to make wine and bake bread. One of the prides of Armenian cuisine is our traditional…