Pide

Name: Pide
Cuisine: Turkey
Ingredients: olive oil 2 tbsp; warm water 400ml/¾ pint; sugar 1 tsp; strong white flour 500g/1lb; salt 1½ tsp; dried yeast 2 tsp

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Yashim Cooks Istanbul

By Jason Goodwin

Published 2016

About

You have all this great food, and you’re throwing a party. But there’s something missing. It’s bread. Fluffy, hollow pita bread, for stuffing and mopping and chewing.

Ingredients

dried yeast 2 tsp
warm water 400ml/¾ pint

Asia
Turkey
Vegan
Mediterranean
Bread
Istanbul

Method

Stir the yeast in a cup with 100ml(½ cup) of warm water and a pinch of sugar, and set it aside until it foams. Mix the flour, salt and the rest of the sugar in a bowl, then pour in th