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Turkish Pide

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

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

Instructions
 

Spinach Cheese Filling

  • Sautee your onion in a pan with olive oil until translucent.
  • Add spinach and stir until wilted.
  • Add a really small pinch of salt and season with pepper and set aside to cool.
  • Mix spinach and onion with grated mozzarella, crumbled feta and parsley.
  • Dough and Form Pide
  • Bloom your yeast by adding it to your warm water and sugar and letting it sit for 10 minutes
  • Mix together your flour, walt , bloomed yeast and olive oil.
  • 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.
  • Punch dough down, and divide into 5, form into balls and cover with kitchen towel to let rise for 30 minutes.
  • Preheat the oven to 485 degrees.
  • 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.
Keyword banana bread, flatbread, Pide, pizza, turkish food