Recipe: “Kiymali pide” Turkish pizza with minced meat

By
Ekram Turki

| February 12, 2023 at 12:00 p.m.

• For the dough:
• 350 g flour
• 20 g of baker’s yeast
• 235 ml of lukewarm milk
• 1 tablespoon of sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon of salt
• 60 ml olive oil
• For the stuffing:
• 300 g of minced meat
• 1 large onion
• 1 clove of garlic
• 1 large tomato
• 1 green pepper
• 1 red pepper
• 1 tablespoon of tomato paste
• 3 tablespoons chopped parsley
• 1 teaspoon sweet pepper (paprika)
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin
• Salt pepper
• 3 tablespoons of olive oil
• For the finish:
• 1 egg yolk + 1 tablespoon of milk.

Preparation :

Dough :

1. In a large salad bowl, put the flour, make a well then put the baker’s yeast + sugar + lukewarm milk + olive oil + salt.
2. knead for 10 minutes or 15 minutes by hand until you obtain a soft dough that lifts from the bowl.
3. Cover the dough with a clean cloth and let it rise in a warm place for about 1 hour 30 minutes.

The joke :

1. Wash and cut into very small pieces all the tomato + onion + green + red pepper.
2. In a pan, heat the olive oil, add the grated onions and brown them for a few minutes then add the minced meat + finely grated garlic + tomato paste + peppers + tomato + cumin + paprika, season with salt and pepper, mix well and cook.
3. Finally add the chopped parsley and turn off the heat. Let cool completely.
4. Once the dough has doubled in volume, degas it then cut it into 5 balls of equal size.
5. On a floured work surface, roll out the ball of dough giving it an elongated oval shape then fill it with stuffing, leaving space to fold the edges all around.
6. Brush the edges of the pide with egg yolk diluted with milk, using a kitchen brush.
7. Cook the pide in an oven preheated to 220° for 10 to 12 minutes.

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