Ashtanur – griddle bread

This is the most basic and probably most ancient form of bread. It has many names, ashtanur being the Jerusalem moniker and the one which sounds best to us, but in my grandmother Esther’s house it was called saloof. Her kitchen was divided in two – at the front was a shiny new kitchen with all mod cons and state of the art equipment. Food was not allowed there, cooking was forbidden – that one was for show. At the back she had a tiny little scullery she had turned into a galle