Turkish pide with spiced lamb and tomato topping
By: Paul Hollywood
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Turkish pide with spiced lamb and tomato topping
- Prep time:
- 25 mins, plus 2 hrs rising
- Cook time:
- 35 mins
- Serves:
- 4
A soft oval bread, pide is often stuffed or used as a pizza base - Paul Hollywood tops his pide with minced lamb and makes a delicious Turkish pizza...
Ingredients
For the dough
- 20 g fresh Yeast
- 1 tsp Sugar
- 280 ml water
- 50ml natural Yogurt
- 30ml Olive oil
- 2 tsp Salt
- 500g strong bread flour
For the topping
- 1 tsp Butter
- 350g minced lamb
- 1 Onion, diced
- 2 cloves Garlic, chopped
- 1 tsp tomato purée
- 1 tsp ground Ginger
- 1 tsp ground Coriander
- 1 pinch strands Saffron
- 1 pinch ground Cinnamon
- 1 x 400g tinned chopped tomatoes
- 1/2 tsp clear Honey
- 3 Dried apricots, chopped
- salt and black pepper
To serve
- 1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
- 1 tsp Sesame seeds
- Greek yogurt
Method
1. Combine the yeast, sugar, water and 25g of the yogurt in a large mixing bowl. Leave to stand for a few minutes.2. Stir in the olive oil and salt and mix in the flour. USing your hands, combine everything until it becomes a soft dough. Knead until elastic - this should take about 10 minutes. If the dough feels a little sticky, dust your hands with a little more flour while kneading.
3. Place the dough in a lightly oiled bowl and cover tightly with plastic wrap. Leave to rise until double its size - about 1-2 hours.
4. Preheat the oven to 220C/gas 7 and lightly oil two baking trays.
5. Once risen, knock the air out of the dough and divide into 5 balls. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and leave the dough to rest for a further 10 minutes.
6. Roll each portion of dough out to an oval of about 15-20cm, and transfer to the baking trays. Make indentations with your fingertips over the dough, and brush with the remaining yogurt. Bake for 12-15 minutes, until the breads are golden.
7. For the topping, heat the butter in a frying pan, over a medium heat, and fry the lamb until brown. Add the onion and garlic and cook until softened - about 5 minutes. Stir in the tomato puree, ginger, coriander, saffron, cinnamon and a little seasoning. Add the chopped tomatoes and cook for a further 10 minutes.
8. Stir in the honey and apricots and warm through.
9. Pile this mixture onto the cooked 'pizza' bases. Bake in a hot oven for 3-5 minutes, until heated through. Garnish with chopped coriander and sesame seeds, and accompany with yogurt.









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