Love Pizza? Turkish Pide Will Change Your Life!

Turkish Pide is my favourite Brunch/Lunch food. It combines melted cheese, toppings and a delicious crust into a satisfyingly DELICIOUS meal. Best of all it, it can be made in under an hour and can be cooked in a home or pizza oven.
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0:00 Intro
0:31 The perfect Pide Dough
3:24 Choosing your toppings
4:19 Assembling the Pide
6:20 Cooking pide in a home oven
7:04 Cooking pide in a pizza oven
8:18 Taste test and review
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Dough ingredients for home oven: (Makes 8 Pide)
500g All purpose or Bread flour
180g Water
180g Whole Milk (Can be replaced with more water)
1 Tsp (4g) Dried Active Yeast
1 Tsp (7.5g) Salt
1 Tsp (5g) Sugar

For the Pizza oven, reduce the liquids to:
150g Water
150g Whole Milk
Also works great with only water

Toppings:
Cheese (I used Kasar and Kashkaval)
Sucuk
Pastirma
Eggs
Tomatoes
Chillies
Spinach
Feta Cheese
For the meat topping, check out the lahmacun video linked above

Dough Directions:
1- Add the water and milk to a jug and heat to between 25-35c
2- Add the yeast and sugar and stir well, then let sit for 10 minutes
3- In the bowl of your stand mixer, add the flour and salt and combine them
4- Make a well in the flour, and pour in the yeasty liquid
5- Using the dough hook attachment, combine the liquid and flour on low speed until the liquid is absorbed
6- Knead for 5-7 minutes on Medium speed until the dough is soft, smooth and elastic
7- Divide the dough into 6-8 portions, and roll into dough balls
8- Line a tray with greaseproof paper, then flour it, and place the dough balls ontop
9- Flour the top of the dough balls then cover with a kitchen towel and let them rise for 30-40 minutes

To assemble the Pide:
1- Flour your worksurface, then place a ball of dough in the center
2- Flatten it to knock out any gas, then shape it into a rough circle shape
3- Using a rolling pin, and your hand to hold the dough in place, roll it into an oval shape
4- Place the oval onto a piece of grease proof paper (if you don't have a pizza peel)
5- Place your cheese along the center of the pide, then add on your other toppings
6- Fold the sides of the pide over the cheese and filling, then pinch the two edges together to form the corners

To cook in a home oven:
1- Place an oven tray upside down at the base of your oven, and another upside down at the top of your oven near the grill/broiler
2- Preheat the oven to its hottest temperature for at least half an hour
3- Use a cutting board or a cake lifter, to slide the pide WITH its grease proof paper onto the lower oven tray
4- Let this bake here until the bottom has browned and the edges have started to go golden (4 minutes in my oven)
5- Remove it from the oven, the brush the crusts with some butter
6- Place this back in the oven, this time at the top, for about 2 minutes until it is sufficiently browned

To cook in a pizza oven:
1- Preheat your oven to about 400c
2- Slide your pizza into the oven using your peel
3- Cook for 20 seconds, and when the side closest to the heat goes vertical, remove it from the oven and rotate 180 degrees
4- Put this back in the oven for 20 more seconds till the second side goes vertical
5- Rotate once more and cook for 20 seconds further
6- Optionally brush with butter and place back in for 5 seconds

[MiddleEats]

Want to see more Pizza oven recipes? Let me know what dishes you want to see, I'm thinking Lebanese Mana'eesh next time around!

If you try the Pide, don't forget to send me some photos on instagram. Hope you liked the video, and if you did, consider joining our Patreon www.patreon.com/MiddleEats

[talmag]

I made it today with Sujuk and cheese topping. It really changed my life for good. Super easy, fast and delicious!

[KR-xfcg]

Wow, finally a channel dedicated to middle Eastern cuisine. My life is complete.

[GreatDayEveryone]

I cant even describe how awesome these were. We were boring and just used cheese and tomatoes and spices but I cant wait to try other fillings. I'm thinking of making a "chicken" recipe and using that. I love the egg idea, with some veggie sausage. I can't describe how good this dough is.

[tugcenaz]

I really love to see when turkish cuisine being presented this well. its looks amazing and very authentic. thank you for this lovely video 🙏🏻✨

[mechanicalman]

I lived on this stuff when in Turkey. Love it.

[havfun]

Would love to see a pantry video where you got through what you have in your pantry for cooking middle eastern food and why! Love the recipes and content.

[mikeaddison]

I bubbled with pride seeing Obe getting an amazing sponsor...so well deserved my friend

[lisaboban]

I first made pide a few weeks ago after seeing it on Rafika's channel. Now I've got to try your version!!

[FutureCommentary]

What's great about your recipes is you give all the quantities and instructions in the description. Anytime I want a recipe from the Middle East I know you have my back.
This week is pide and mujadara.

[TheBLGL]

I’m so happy pide is getting the recognition it deserves! ❤️

[DeliciousTurkishFood]

Turkish pide❤❤ My favorite 🔥🔥Thank you for this great video 👏👏

[zhuofanzhang]

I've once transferred a flight at Istanbul just before the pandemic broke out. Arrived in the early morning, and got off from the Havaist bus at around 6-7am. Sky was still pitch black. Surprised to find a small restaurant near where I got off to still be open, and after looking at the menu for a good 5 minutes, I ordered a pide. It was perfect.

[natviolen]

I love pide. They are so versatile and easy to eat on the go. As for the topping, I prefer mine as simple as possible. I'm fine with cheese and egg or cheese and sausage. Or a fusion with the Alsacian Flammekueche, either with creme fraiche, onions and bacon or the sweet version with apples, sugar and cinnamon.
That pizza oven would be welcome in my household, too.

[heavenlymilano]

Obi, you are a real pro. I can not compliment you enuf for all the detail that you provided. I am Turkish and I know not many people who could bake those pipes as good as you did. I hope your channel reaches millions of subscribers.

[ouichtan]

Pide...you know how popular it's going to be don't you?
Pide is life

[Pammellam]

As always good explanations and yummy food. Well presented! I love your recipe selection!

[deetlebee]

My favorite pizza toppings are tangy goat cheese, spinach, and pepperoni. I bet those would be great on this too, since it doesn’t need red sauce, the goat cheese melts into a kind of sauce.

[iangarth]

You know you've made it when Ooni sends you an oven. Well done mate, you earnt it!

[andrewbaker]

REALLY appreciate the guidance on what to feel for, rather than a flat time estimate with the dough!