Pide (Turkish Bread)

🥘 Ingredients

• all purpose flour
  535 g
• egg yolk
  1
• granulated sugar
  4 g
• nigella seeds
  1 tbsp
• olive oil
  40 g
• sesame seeds
  1 tbsp
• water
  1 tbsp, 245 g
• whole milk
  200 g
• yeast
  10 g
• yoghurt
  1 tbsp

🍳 Cookware

• baking tray
• oven
• baking dish

1. 1

   Begin by heating whole milk to between 77-95 degrees.

   whole milk: 200 g
2. 2

   It is fine if it heats to a little over 96 as long as it cools down before you add the yeast.
3. 3

   Add the milk to a bowl and then add in granulated sugar and yeast .

   granulated sugar: 4 g, yeast: 10 g
4. 4

   Mix well to dissolve most of the yeast.
5. 5

   Add all purpose flour , and mix well until it forms into a smooth but loose batter.

   all purpose flour: 120 g
6. 6

   Cover with plastic or a kitchen towel, and leave somewhere warm until doubled in size and foamy.
7. 7

   Once the starter has foamed up, and gluten formation has occurred, we can make the dough.
8. 8

   If it has not yet foamed, then leave it to rest for longer.
9. 9

   Add water and olive oil to the bowl.

   water: 245 g, olive oil: 40 g
10. 10

    Then add all purpose flour and mix well.

    all purpose flour: 415 g
11. 11

    It will take about 1 minute to mix all the flour in, and you want to keep mixing until no clumps of flour remain, and the dough is smooth and no longer shaggy.
12. 12

    Cover the dough once more and allow to rest until it has more than doubled in size.
13. 13

    Flour your worktop generously, then gently pour out the dough, trying to keep as much air in it as possible.
14. 14

    Apply a little flour to the top and sides of the dough, then shape it into an oblong shape.
15. 15

    Cut in half, then gently shape each half into a ball.
16. 16

    Prepare a baking tray for each half by lining it with baking paper.
17. 17

    Place a ball of dough on each one.
18. 18

    Shape the dough by stretching it outwards until it's just under 1cm thick, and it has an oval shape about 30 * 20 cm.
19. 19

    Dust this with flour, and allow to rest one last time for ⏱️ 25-30 minutes until puffy and doubled in depth.
20. 20

    Preheat your oven to its hottest temperature.
21. 21

    Add a baking dish to your oven filled with boiling water to create steam.
22. 22

    Make the egg wash by mixing together egg yolk , water , and yoghurt until smooth.

    egg yolk: 1, water: 1 tbsp, yoghurt: 1 tbsp
23. 23

    Apply the egg wash to the dough gently with a brush, ensuring you cover the entire thing.
24. 24

    With clean hands, press your fingers down into the dough, forming a ring around the entire oval about 2 cm from the edge.
25. 25

    After the circle, use your fingers to make diagonal lines in the bread, going from one corner to the one across from it, and on either side of that line.
26. 26

    Repeat in the other direction to give it a baklawa like appearance.
27. 27

    You can press down again in the same lines to give better indentation and a stronger appearance.
28. 28

    Sprinkle with nigella seeds and sesame seeds .

    nigella seeds: 1 tbsp, sesame seeds: 1 tbsp
29. 29

    Place one bread in the oven at a time, and bake until the exterior is a deep even brown all over.
30. 30

    Remove from the oven and allow to cool on the tray for ⏱️ 10 minutes .
31. 31

    Then remove and place on a wire rack.
32. 32

    Store in an air tight bag.
33. 33

    This bread can dry out overnight.
34. 34

    Simple wet a kitchen towel until damp (NOT SOAKING) then wrap it around the bread and microwave/bake until the pide is reheated and soft again.