Description
Süslü Pide is a fancy Turkish flatbread generously stuffed with seasoned ground meat and vegetables, topped with melted cheese and baked to golden perfection. This hearty comfort food combines soft, pillowy dough with a flavorful savory filling.
Ingredients
Scale
- 625g all-purpose flour (5 cups)
- 200ml lukewarm water (1 cup)
- 200ml lukewarm milk (1 cup)
- 50ml vegetable oil (5 tablespoons)
- 10g granulated sugar (1 tablespoon, leveled)
- 15g salt (1.5 teaspoons)
- 10g active dry yeast (1 packet)
- 500g ground meat
- 2 medium onions
- 2 green peppers
- 1 red bell pepper
- 1 medium tomato
- Black pepper to taste
- Salt to taste
- Red pepper flakes to taste
- 4 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1/2 tea cup water
- Fresh parsley
- 5 tablespoons tomato sauce
- Grated kashar cheese for topping
Instructions
- Place flour in a large bowl and create a well in the center. Add lukewarm water, milk, yeast, and sugar to the well. Let sit for 5 minutes until foamy.
- Add salt around the edges of flour and start kneading. Once dough comes together, add vegetable oil and knead until smooth and elastic.
- Cover dough well and let rise until doubled in size.
- Meanwhile, finely chop all vegetables (onions, peppers, tomato). Mix chopped vegetables with raw ground meat, seasonings, oil, water, and tomato sauce.
- Turn risen dough onto lightly floured surface and knead briefly. Roll out with rolling pin to medium thickness.
- Cut circles using a 20cm lid. Gather scraps, reform into ball, and roll out again.
- Preheat oven to 200°C (400°F) with fan on.
- Place a generous spoonful of meat mixture on each dough circle, spreading with fingertips and leaving border around edges.
- Top each pide with grated kashar cheese.
- Bake on middle rack until golden brown and cheese is bubbly.
- Serve hot with ayran (Turkish yogurt drink) on the side.
Notes
- Recipe yields 16 portions using 200ml cup measurements
- Ensure water and milk are lukewarm, not hot, to avoid killing the yeast
- Don’t skip the dough rising time for best texture
- Chop vegetables finely for even flavor distribution
- Don’t overload each pide with filling
- Best served hot from the oven
- Pairs perfectly with cold ayran
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 pide
- Calories: 285
- Sugar: 3g
- Sodium: 420mg
- Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 32g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 15g
- Cholesterol: 35mg
Keywords: Süslü Pide, Turkish flatbread, Turkish pizza, ground meat flatbread, fancy pide, Turkish cuisine, comfort food, homemade bread, cheese topped flatbread