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Pide (Turkish Flatbread Boat)

Name: Pide (Turkish Flatbread Boat)
Prep time: 90 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 105 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: Dough: 500 g flour, 7 g yeast, 1 tsp sugar, 1 tsp salt, 300 ml warm water, 40 ml olive oil; Filling (kıymalı): 300 g lamb mince, 1 onion finely diced, 2 tomatoes diced, 1 green pepper, 2 garlic, pul biber, cumin, parsley; Topping: butter, egg (optional)

The Turkish 'pizza': canoe-shaped flatbreads with a cheese or minced-lamb filling, blistered in a hot oven.

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Dough: 500 g flour, 7 g yeast, 1 tsp sugar, 1 tsp salt, 300 ml warm water, 40 ml olive oilFilling (kıymalı): 300 g lamb mince, 1 onion finely diced, 2 tomatoes diced, 1 green pepper, 2 garlic, pul biber, cumin, parsleyTopping: butter, egg (optional)

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1Knead the dough ingredients 8 minutes; rest 1 hour until doubled.

2Brown the lamb with the onion; add garlic, pepper, tomato and spices; cook until dry; cool; mix in parsley.

3Divide the dough in 4; roll each into an oval 35x15 cm.

4Spread the filling down the centre, leaving borders; fold the long sides over the filling and pinch the ends into boat points.

5Bake at the hottest oven setting (250 °C+) on preheated trays, 10–12 minutes until blistered and golden.

6Brush the crusts with butter immediately; serve cut in slices.