Pide (Turkish Flat Cake)

Submitted by Wenstar

"This recipe is posted in response to a request for Turkish Pide Bread. It is from The Art of Turkish Cooking which my husband brought back from Turkey over 10 years ago after living for a year in Pirincirlik near Diyarbakir. I haven't tried this recipe before but the other recipes I have tried came out great."

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 2 Loaves

ingredients

• 500 g flour
• 25 g yeast
• 125 ml water
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon sesame seeds
• 1 teaspoon black sesame seed
• 1 teaspoon salt

directions

1. Sift the Flour.
2. Mix yeast and water together, add the flour and knead with salt into a dough.
3. Cover with a wet towel and leave in a warm place for 30 minutes.
4. Divide the dough into 2 pieces.
5. Form 2 round cakes about 20 cm.
6. Brush the dough with olive oil and sprinkle sesame seeds over it.
7. Bake at 180 C for 20 minutes.

Reviews

[Kiro Sushi]

This is the bread I was looking for. I had to add a lot more water than stated, maybe nearly 100ml more. But was wonderful.

 

[Dienia B.]

when i was young i had a lebanese landlady this bread was very simalar thank you for posting dee