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Turkish Cheese Pide

Turkish Cheese Pide

I love all kinds of bread and my Turkish Cheese Pide has to be one of the best kinds! It's cheesy, fluffy and oh so yummy.
Course: Appetizer, Dinner
Cuisine: Turkish
Keyword: Pide
Servings: 6 people

Ingredients

  • 300 g warm milk
  • 30 g melted butter
  • 2 teaspoons of yeast
  • teaspoon of salt
  • 180 g flour
  • 500 g ricotta cheese
  • 250 g mozzarella
  • salt to taste
  • 1 teaspoon of black pepper
  • 2 teaspoons of black sesame seeds

Instructions

  • Begin by warming 300ml of milk in the microwave for 30 seconds. Then add your melted butter and 2 teaspoons of yeast. Give that a whisk and set aside whilst we work on our dry ingredients!
  • To your stand mixer bowl add 180g of flour, 1 teaspoon of salt and the yeast mixture. Set that to mix for 10 minutes! You'll be tempted to add more flour but have patience and the dough will come together.
  • Once slightly sticky but coing away from the sides of the bowl, add the dough into a bowl greased wiht some olive oil. Cover with a tea towel and put in a warm place to rise. I heat my oven to 30 degrees and then turn it off and place my bowl in there.
  • Whilst the dough is rising combine 500g of ricotta cheese with 200g of grated mozzarella, salt to taste and 1 teaspoon of black pepper. Mix well and place in the fridge.
  • Once doubled in size, remove the dough from the bowl and split into two equal sized balls. Place each ball of dough on a baking tray lined with parchment paper and stretch with your hands until you get an oval shaped pide.
  • Place half the cheese mixture onto each pide, leaving half a cm around the edge. Twist sides of the dough going all the way around to form a crust. Top the cheese mixture with some extra mozzarella and sprinkle on some black sesame seeds.
  • Bake in the oven for 55 minutes at 160 degrees celcius until golden brown
  • Then enjoy!

Notes

This recipe makes 2 pide's!