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Turkish Pide with Cheese & Eggs
Top chef Elif Oskan from the Zurich restaurant Gül reveals how this stuffed flatbread with cheese, green onions, parsley and egg is easy to make.
For the pre-dough
| Ingredients (6 servings) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 15 | g | water |
| 15 | g | organic strong white bread flour (type 400 if available) |
| 0.2 | g | organic fresh yeast |
Preparation:
Mix all the ingredients together and leave to rise in a closed container in the refrigerator for 24 hours.
For the main dough
| Ingredients (6 servings) | ||
|---|---|---|
| pre-dough (from refrigerator) | ||
| 175 | ml | water |
| 265 | g | organic strong white bread flour (type 400 if available) |
| 1.3 | g | organic fresh yeast |
| 5 | g | salt |
Preparation
- Put all the ingredients, except the salt, in a bowl of a mixer and knead with the spiral dough hook at low speed for 8 minutes.
- Add the salt and knead again for 3 minutes at medium speed.
- Portion the dough into individual 90 g dough pieces and leave to rise, covered, at room temperature if possible or overnight in the refrigerator.
For the cheese mixture
| Ingredients (6 servings) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 200 | g | cream cheese |
| 80 | g | feta cheese |
| 80 | g | ricotta |
| 100 | g | mild semi-hard cheese (e.g. Emmental), grated |
| 50 | g | flat leafed parsley, finely chopped |
| 50 | g | spring onions, sliced thinly |
Preparation
Mix all ingredients together in a bowl until well mixed.
For the completion
| Ingredients (6 servings) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6 | organic eggs | |
| coarse salt | ||
Completion
- Using a rolling pin, roll out each piece of dough lengthwise (in the shape of an oval) approx. 3 mm thin.
- Spread some of the cheese mixture on top with a spoon and pre-bake in a wood-fired oven (if available) or in an oven preheated to 225 °C (a pizza stone is an advantage here). Cook for around 5 minutes.
- For the last 3 to 5 minutes, take the pide out, place an organic egg in the middle and bake until done. The egg should still be runny at the end of the cooking time.
- Sprinkle some coarse salt on the egg and serve.
