Anyone familiar with "Lavash" bread? Is it Jewish?

Last time I was at Trader Joe's, they were sampling Lavash bread topped with a bruschetta sauce and 4-cheese Italian blend.  It was to DIE for!  I bought some of the bread and cheese, and have made it several times this week (using ordinary spaghetti sauce). I have never heard of Lavash bread before.  The name sounds Jewish, perhaps.  Is anyone familiar with it?  It is thinner than naan bread, but not as flat as a tortilla.  I am totally hooked!  I want to make it myself, though, because TJ's does not make it in whole wheat. Any info would be much appreciated! Cassi

Hey Cassi,

From what I know, lavash bread is a middle eastern creation, of sorts. My father is Palestinian, so I'm somewhat familar with foods from that region. He uses the ultra-thin breads for his sandwiches he makes at his store/deli/place. (Most people would say they're wraps, from the way they look.) Lavash is also used for crackers. He makes za'atar crackers - brushes the lavash with olive oil and za'atar, an arabic herb mix/rub.

I personally don't know how to make lavash, but you may be able to find it whole wheat elsewhere. But I do know that a lot of lavash breads have sesame seeds (or poppy seeds sometimes) in them.

*Added* I just found this recipe for whole wheat lavash. I don't really know if it's that good, but I do know that most breads found in the middle east are very simple recipes that have the taste and texture they do from how they're baked.

http://www.recipeland.com/recipe/13327/

*More Added* Another thing I just found, a whole wheat lavash bread - http://www25.netrition.com/josephs_bakery_lavash_bread.html 

Awesome!  I'm going to try these recipes out to see which works best.  I found another recipe as well at allrecipes.com: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Lavash-Cracker-Bread/Detail.asp x Fun!

I absolutely love this bread.  I get it at our local BJ's wholesale club.  It's made with flaxseed and has 10 g of protein per sheet.  Obviously, the whole sheet I cannot eat.  But, any extra protein I can get helps.  Just pulled the bag out of the fridge.  It is whole wheat and oat bran.  Simply Delicious Cedar's Mediterranean Foods is the brand.  I checked the website, but these are not on there.  You could probably email them.  A google search mentioned Lebanese origin.  These are such a great find for bread replacement for us.   Denise

Lavash is sometimes described as Armenian flatbread (we have a big Armenian community here in the Boston area in Watertown). /Steve

Foobear beat me to it!  I used to works at a country club in Nashville that served this.  It was very popular.  At that time we got it from California.  There's a lot of Armenians in the Fresno area.

The cafeteria where I work has a sandwich bar and they make sandwiches with lavash bread.  The other day, I had one made with hummus, feta cheese, and lettuce & tomato.  It was wonderful!  Of course, I can only hold about 1/3 of one of them at a time!