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Turkish Pide

Turkish Pide/Pizzas 🍕 🍕

Pide (pee-day) is the famous baked Turkish flat bread that comes stuffed with a variety of toppings, including cheese, sausage, spiced meat and spinach.

Turkish Pide (recipe 👇🏻)

1.wheat flour-1 cup

all purpose flour-3 1/2 cups

Salt -1 tsp

Oil-2 tbsp[I used Olive oil,u can use any veg.oil]

I used 540 gm flour and 2 tbsp for dusting while rolling the dough .

2.Yeast-2 tsp

Lukewarm milk-1 cup

Sugar-1 tbsp

Lukewarm Water-1/2 cup

Combine milk, sugar and yeast & set aside to rise.When risen,add to items of 1 & form a sticky dough.Knead the dough for 5-7 minutes to get a smooth dough.Transfer this to an oiled bowl & cover & keep to rise. This might take from 1-2 hours depending on how hot/cold your kitchen is.After the dough has doubled,punch it down & divide into 6 pieces.Shape into balls and transfer to baking tray & cover the dough to rise for 40 minutes.

Meanwhile make the filling.

3.Lamb/Beef mince-400 gm

Onion-1 big

Garlic-4 big

Green Chillies-4-5

Olive Oil-2 tbsp

Salt-1 tsp

Vinegar-2 tsp

Turmeric-1/4 tsp

Chili powder-1 tsp

Cumin powder-1 tsp

Pepper powder-3/4-1 tsp

Peri Peri seasoning-1/2 tsp

Sriracha chilli-1/2 tsp

Oregano-1 tsp

Sauté the chopped garlic ,onion and chillies till translucent.Add in the minced meat,vinegar,salt and the spices and cover and cook until meat is cooked through.

4.Tomato paste-3-4 tbsp

Coriander & Parsley leaves-1/4 cup

Add in the tomato paste and stir in.Cook until all the water dries.Adjust seasonings.Off the stove and add in the chopped parsley and coriander leaves.Set this aside to cool.

5..Cottage/Feta Cheese-1 cup

Mozzarella Cheese-2 cup(grated)

Chilli flakes-1 tbsp

Pepper powder-1 tsp

Sumac-1 tbsp

Roll a dough ball into oval shape on a floured surface.Transfer it into baking tray.Place some cheese filling on the edges of the rolled dough and fold in by applying water to the edges.Pinch ends together to seal, then fold the top and bottom in to resemble boats shape.

Fill the boats with the meat mixture and top with cheese Bake in a preheated oven at 200C for 15 minutes or until the crust is golden.

6.Egg-2 (small)

Bake pide for 10 minutes, then crack an egg on top and return to oven for 5 minutes. This applies to all Pide – egg can be added for any of the toppings.

Today I didn’t add the egg to the pide.


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