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Turkish Pide

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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Resting Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Servings: 5 Pide
Course: Appetizer, lunch, Main Course
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

Pide dough
  • 3 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 scant tablespoon active dry yeast
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 cup lukewarm water
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • Extra olive oil to brush the pide edges or 1 beaten egg for an egg wash
Spinach Filling
  • 1 cup of shredded mozzarella or mild cheddar
  • 1 cup feta
  • 1 ½ bags of baby spinach ~500 grams
  • 1 small onion finely diced
  • Small bunch parsley finely chopped
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • ¼ teaspoon cumin seeds optional

Method
 

Spinach Cheese Filling
  1. Sautee your onion in a pan with olive oil until translucent.
  2. Add spinach and stir until wilted.
  3. Add a really small pinch of salt and season with pepper and set aside to cool.
  4. Mix spinach and onion with grated mozzarella, crumbled feta and parsley.
  5. Dough and Form Pide
  6. Bloom your yeast by adding it to your warm water and sugar and letting it sit for 10 minutes
  7. Mix together your flour, walt , bloomed yeast and olive oil.
  8. Knead for at least 6 minutes until dough comes together and place in an oiled bowl, cover with kitchen towel and let rise for 1 hour until doubled in size.
  9. Punch dough down, and divide into 5, form into balls and cover with kitchen towel to let rise for 30 minutes.
  10. Preheat the oven to 485 degrees.
  11. Roll out each dough ball on a lightly floured surface nice and thin, you can make it thicker if you like. Fill, fold, brush edges with egg wash or olive oil and bake on a baking sheet for 12-13 minutes. If adding egg, add half way through bake time.