Spinach and Cheese Pide
This Turkish flatbread is the perfect recipe for a good amount of fresh spinach. With only a few ingredients, this is an easy yet delicious dish that can be enjoyed straight out the oven or the next day.
Ingredients
- fresh spinach
- onions
- feta cheese
- flour (wheat or spelt)
- yeast
- olive oil
- salt
- pepper
- (egg and sesame for egg wash optional)
Recipe
- Mix flour with yeast, a pinch of sugar, a drizzle of olive oil, warm water and salt and knead it until the texture is even.
- Let it rise for at least an hour.
- Roughly cut the fresh spinach and the onion.
- Sauté both with a little olive oil until the spinach has wilted.
- Season with salt and pepper and crumble in the feta cheese.
- Roll out the dough into oval shapes and spread out the spinach and feta mixture.
- Pinch the ends together and fold in the sides.
- Brush the sides with egg wash and sprinkle with sesame.
- Bake in the oven at 180C/350F for 30 minutes.