Cheese & pepper pitta pocket

Cheese & pepper pitta pocket

A fantastic high-speed or vegetarian snack to make your mouth water

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 1 - 0

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 5-10 minutes

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Method

  1. Trim off one of the long edges of the pitta bread, put the pitta in the toaster on a medium setting for a second or two, then pop it up and open it like they do in kebab houses, being careful it doesn't split. (Warming the bread first makes this easier.) If the pitta doesn't fit your toaster, use the grill, or try mini pittas.
  2. Stuff the cheese and peppers inside the pocket and close by gently pressing it down. Pop it back into the toaster on a medium setting (or under the grill) with the open side upwards.
  3. Toss the watercress in a drizzling of your favourite dressing or some olive oil. When the pitta pops up, cut it in half for easy eating, or leave it as it is. Allow it to cool for a moment as it is quite hot at first. Serve with the watercress and have a napkin at the ready - the yummy pepper juices may leak when you take the first bite.

Per serving

442 kcalories, protein 18g, carbohydrate 46g, fat 22 g, saturated fat 10g, fibre 3g, salt 2.98 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2003.

Try 3 issues of Good Food magazine for £3 - subscribe now!

Latest comments and suggestions

  • 22 June 2008

    lyndsey rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    delicious - again i used jarlsberg. Something different for the weekend. Will make again.

    Flag as inappropriate

    Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.

Leave a comment or suggestion

You must sign in or register to leave a comment.

Sign in / Register

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 1 - 0

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 5-10 minutes

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Ingredients

  • 1 pitta bread , white or wholemeal
  • 2 long slices of brie (Blue Cambozola is very tasty) or any other cheese that melts well
  • a few roasted peppers from a jar or the deli counter
  • a handful of watercress or lettuce
  • your favourite dressing or olive oil
Print this recipe
Add to your binder

Per serving

442 kcalories, protein 18g, carbohydrate 46g, fat 22 g, saturated fat 10g, fibre 3g, salt 2.98 g

Advertisement

Your binder

Here are three other great reasons why to sign up:

  • You get an online binder, where you can store all your favourite recipes and create menus.

Follow Good Food

Advertisement

All about Good Food

Magazine

Good Food Magazine

Subscribe to Good Food magazine - enjoy 100+ triple-tested recipes delivered to your door, every month.

Order today, save up to 25%

On TV

Foodie TV

See your favourite chefs on Sky Channel 249, Virgin TV 260 and find their recipes at goodfoodchannel.co.uk.

Good Food Apps

Good Food Apps

For Good Food on the go, download our apps to your phone or portable device.
Find out more here