Peynirli Pide

Boat-shaped Turkish flatbreads filled with white cheese and egg, brushed with butter.

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Ingredients

• 5 g dried yeast
• 250 g white cheese or feta, crumbled
• 3 eggs (2 for the filling, 1 to glaze)
• 30 g butter, melted
• A handful of parsley
• 350 g strong flour
• 200 ml warm water
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp salt

How to make Peynirli Pide

1. Mix the flour, yeast, sugar, salt and water to a soft dough and leave to rise for 1 hour.
2. Mix the cheese with 2 eggs and the parsley.
3. Shape the dough into long ovals, fill, fold in the edges and pinch the ends into points.
4. Brush with egg and bake at 230 °C until golden.
5. Brush with butter to serve.