Traditional Turkish Breads at Home: Pide and Simit from One Dough Recipe

ground beef

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: cooked lentils

Lentils provide protein at a lower cost.

all-purpose flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

💰Cheaper: bread flour

Whole wheat adds fiber and nutrients.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Vegetable oil is more affordable.

milk

🥗Healthier: almond milk

💰Cheaper: water

Almond milk is lower in calories.

Activate yeast in warm water and sugar.

Add warm milk, egg, and flour to the mixture.

Add salt and olive oil to the flour mixture.

Knead the dough until soft and slightly sticky, using about 6 cups of flour in total.

Cover the dough and let it rise until doubled.

Cut the risen dough in half; shape one half into a bowl for pide and the other into five pieces for simit.

Roll out the pide dough into a thin flat shape, about 1 cm thick.

Cover the rolled pide dough and let it rise for 30 minutes.

Prepare the egg wash for the pide.

Shape the pide by folding the edges and sealing them, optionally creating a diamond pattern on top.

Let the shaped pide rise for another 20-30 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 210°C (410°F).

Bake the pide until golden brown, alternating trays halfway through.

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