Well I have been doing some new recipes of late. Recently we found Banjos made some great garlic and cheese pide and have become a little addicted as they are so yummy especially with soup! So I decided to do a little net hunting to find out more on this yummy bread. After a google search I found 100s of ideas on how to make them so then had to narrow it down, which I did to the following:
Plain Turkish Pide
2 tsp dried yeast
1 tsp sugar
150ml warm water or milk
300g plain flour
1 tsp salt
2 1/2 tbs oil
1. Combine the warm water or milk and yeast in a bowl and leave for about 10 minutes or until yeast is dissolved. Then add the sugar and oil.
2. In a mixing bowl weigh out the flour and ad the salt. Attach the dough hook then gently fold the mix and slowly add the wet mixture. Allow to beat for about 10 minutes so that the mix can have more elasticity.
3 Put the dough into a well oiled bow and cover in cling wrap and put it into a warm place to double in size, approx. 30 minutes.
4. Divide the mix and make into whatever shape you wish. Lightly brush with a egg mix, just an egg lightly beaten and bake in the oven at 180 degrees until slightly golden.
I also found a recipe where I rolled out the dough and filled it with a lamb mince mix I made and wrapped it back together like a pastie and baked it in the oven which tasted pretty good.
You can also mince up some garlic and add some grated cheese to make the pide more savory if you wish also. You can actually add anything you want, next time I am thinking about adding some semi dried tomatoes, and shredded ham!
