Turkish cuisine · Dough, Pasta & Rice

Egg Pide

Pide boat with kaşar cheese and sucuk, crowned with an egg shortly before the end of baking.

Ingredients · for 4 servings

• 500 g flour
• 1 packet yeast
• 300 ml lukewarm water
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 300 g kaşar cheese
• 150 g sucuk
• 4 eggs
• 40 g butter
• 1 tsp Aleppo pepper flakes

Instructions

1. Let the yeast foam with the sugar in the lukewarm water for 10 min., knead with flour and salt for 8 min. into a smooth dough and let rise covered for 60 min. until doubled in size.
2. Preheat the oven with the tray inside to 250 °C; coarsely grate the kaşar cheese and cut the sucuk into thin slices.
3. Quarter the dough and roll each piece into a narrow oval about 30 cm long, keeping the center thinner than the edges.
4. Spread the cheese and sucuk down the middle, fold the long sides over it and pinch the ends firmly into points, leaving a well in the center.
5. Bake for 8 min., then slide an egg into the well of each and bake for another 4–5 min. until the white is set and the yolk still soft.
6. Brush with the melted butter, sprinkle with Aleppo pepper flakes and serve immediately while the yolk still runs when cut.