Lavash - Armenian traditional bread (+ video)

Lavash / լավաշ - is a soft, thin flatbread of Armenian origin.

Traditionally the dough is rolled out flat & slapped against the hot walls of a clay oven. While quite flexible when fresh, lavash dries out quickly & becomes brittle & hard. The soft form is easier to use.. however, the dry form can be used for long-term storage (almost one year) and is used instead of leavened bread in Eucharist traditions by the Armenian Apostolic Church. In villages in Armenia, the dried lavash is stacked high in layers to be used later.. when the time comes to rehydrate the bread, it is sprinkled with water to make it softer again.

Lavash is made with flour, water, & salt. The thickness of the bread varies depending on how thin it was rolled out.
Lavash is the most widespread type of bread in Armenia.