Pide with Minced Beef

Boat-shaped Turkish flatbread filled with minced beef and brushed with butter.

Ingredients

  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 tsp dry yeast
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 cup water
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 300 g ground beef
  • 1 onion
  • 1 tomato
  • 2 green peppers
  • black pepper (to taste)
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tbsp butter

Method

  1. Knead the flour, yeast, sugar, salt, lukewarm water and oil; cover and let it rise for 1 hour.
  2. Mix the raw beef with the finely chopped onion, tomato, peppers, salt and pepper.
  3. Divide the dough into 4 and roll each into a long oval; spread the filling down the middle, fold in the sides and pinch the ends.
  4. Brush the edges with beaten egg and bake at 230°C for 12–15 minutes.
  5. Brush with butter straight from the oven and slice.