Turkish Pide
Pide is a boat shaped Turkish pizza, one can stuff anything in this boat, from meat to vegetables. I added tomato and corn with a generous layer of cheese.
Ingredients
Dough
- 11/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp instant yeast
- 1 tsp ¼salt
- 1 tsp sugar
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 cup warm water
Tomato Puree’
- 4 tomatoes
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 onion finely chopped
- 1 tsp garlic finely chopped
- 2 tbsp ready tomato puree’
- cup ¼tomato ketchup
- 1 tsp sugar
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- Salt to taste
Other ingredients
- 1 cup boiled corn kernels
- basil leaves
- Chilly oil
Instructions
Dough
- Mix both the flours, yeast, salt, sugar and 2 tbsp olive oil.
- Add warm water and knead a soft dough.
- Sprinkle some all purpose flour and knead the dough for about 10 minutes.
- Place the dough in a greased bowl and cover it.
- Leave it to rise for an hour.
Purée
- Blanch the tomatoes.
- Peel and finely chop the tomatoes.
- Heat olive oil.
- Add bay leaf .
- Add onions and garlic. Saute’.
- Add tomato and simmer for 10-15 minutes.
- Add ready puree’ and ketchup.
- Add salt.
- Let cool.
- Grind to a paste.
Assembling
- Roll the dough into a oval shape .
- Apply the puree’, make sure to leave the edges.
- Add the corn kernels.
- Sprinkle a lavish layer of cheese .
- Now lift the edges to form a rim , pinch at ends to form a boat shape .
- Cover and keep aside for 15 minutes .Preheat the oven and place the pide to bake at 180 deg C for 15 minutes .
- Add torn basil and drizzle chilly oil .
