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

  1. 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.
  2. Let it rise for at least an hour.
  3. Roughly cut the fresh spinach and the onion.
  4. Sauté both with a little olive oil until the spinach has wilted.
  5. Season with salt and pepper and crumble in the feta cheese.
  6. Roll out the dough into oval shapes and spread out the spinach and feta mixture.
  7. Pinch the ends together and fold in the sides.
  8. Brush the sides with egg wash and sprinkle with sesame.
  9. Bake in the oven at 180C/350F for 30 minutes.