Turkish Meat Pide | Turkish Pizza
Pide comes under the category of 'Mezze' which means an appetizer. A Turkish specialty Pide is actually 'Pizza' in Turkish accent probably.
Servings 4
Ingredients
For the dough:
- 3 cup of all-purpose flour Maida
- 1 cup warm milk
- 1 tablespoon dry yeast
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg
- 3 tablespoon vegetable oil
For the topping:
- 500 grams of beef mince
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic chopped
- ½ teaspoon cumin powder
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper powder
- 2 tablespoon lemon juice
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 1 tomato chopped
- ½ cup coriander leaves chopped
- 2 tablespoon mint leaves chopped
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese
- 1 egg whisked
- 3 tablespoons cooking oil
Instructions
- In a bowl, mix together warm milk, yeast, egg, sugar, salt, and oil. Mix everything together till well combined. Add flour little by little to make a soft dough. You may need a ¼ cup more or less of flour while kneading the dough.
- Keep the dough covered in a warm place to rise and double in size.
- To make the topping: Heat oil in a pan and fry garlic and onion until soft. Then add mince, cumin powder, black pepper powder, lemon juice, and salt. Cook till mince is fully done. Set aside and cool.
- Add chopped tomatoes, chopped coriander leaves and chopped mint leaves to the mince mixture and mix well.
- Pre-heat oven to 200 degrees C.
- Place the dough on a floured surface and divide into two parts. Take each part and roll out into a large rectangle roti.
- Evenly spread 3 to 4 tbsp. mince topping on the rolled out dough and fold the sides to give a shape of a boat.
- Sprinkle a handful of grated mozzarella cheese on the mince topping.
- Brush the sides of the pide with whisked egg and pour the remaining whisked egg on the cheese.
- Bake the pie for 15 to 20 minutes.
- Cut into slices and serve hot.