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April 19, 2022

Vegetarian Turkish Pide with Spinach and Feta

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Turkish pide, also known as Turkish pizza, is absolutely delicious and about to become your favorite Turkish dinner recipe. Turkish pide is traditionally stuffed with ground beef or lamb and sometimes topped with an egg. This Turkish pide recipe is vegetarian, made with spinach and cheese.

Turkish pide with spinach and feta

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  • What is Turkish pide?
  • Turkish pide Ingredients
  • How to make Turkish pide from scratch
  • Tips to make Turkish pizza
  • Add your own twist to this recipe for Turkish pide
  • Turkish Pide
  • Turkish pide stuffed with spinach and feta

What is Turkish pide?

A savory, pizza-like, bread filled with the ingredients of your choice. Traditionally Turkish pide is filled with ground beef or lamb and sometimes topped with an egg. It regularly appears on lists of must-try Turkish foods.

This recipe is a vegetarian version of Turkish pizza stuffed with spinach and feta cheese. We also swapped out regular flour with whole wheat flour to make this pizza recipe a touch healthier! It’s delicious too.

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Turkish pide Ingredients

  • Wholewheat flour
  • Dried yeast
  • Caster sugar
  • Salt
  • Olive oil
  • Fresh spinach
  • Feta cheese
  • Emmental or cheddar cheese
  • Medium onion
  • Sumac
  • Egg yolk
Turkish Pide Recipe

How to make Turkish pide from scratch

This Turkish pide pizza recipe is easy to follow and make in your own home kitchen.

Prepare the Turkish pide dough (leaven)

  • Step 1 – Pour the yeast, sugar, ¼ cup of flour and 2 oz of water in a bowl and combine the ingredients.
  • Step 2 – Leave the mixture to sit for 10/15 minutes. (The mixture is ready when it forms a brown dough with bubbles.)
  • Step 3 – Mix 1 cup of flour and salt in the bowl of your Kitchen Aid.
  • Step 4 – Pour the leaven in the bowl and mix slowly.
  • Step 5 – Pour 2 oz of water in the bowl, little by little, and continue to mix slowly.
  • Step 6 – The dough must be smooth and springy.
  • Step 7 – If the dough is too dry, add more water. If the dough is too wet, add more flour. (Always add water little by little.)
  • Step 8 – Pour 1 tbsp of olive oil into a bowl and add the dough.
  • Step 9 – Cover the bowl and leave to sit for at least an hour in a warm place.
  • Step 10 – The dough should double in size.
  • Step 11 – Pour olive oil into a frying pan, heat on medium heat.
  • Step 12 – Add onion and a pinch of salt.
  • Step 13 – When the onion starts to become transparent, add the chorizo and cook for another 2 minutes.
  • Step 14 – Turn down the heat.
  • Step 15 – Add sumac and cook for 5 minutes. Put aside.

Prepare the spinach filling

  • Step 1 – Pour 2 liters of cold water into a bowl.
  • Step 2 – Pour 3 liters of water into a pan and heat on high heat.
  • Step 3 – When the water starts to boil, add a tbsp of salt.
  • Step 4 – Add the spinach and let cook for 2 minutes.
  • Step 5 – Remove the spinach and put it into the bowl of cold water.
  • Step 6 – Wring the spinach and put aside.

Prepare the pide

  • Step 1 – Preheat oven to 465°F (240°C).
  • Step 2 – Remove the dough from the bowl and cut into 2 equal pieces.
  • Step 3 – Roll the dough to create strips that measure 15cm x 40cm (6 inches x 16 inches) each, with a rolling pin.
  • Step 4 – Put 100g of feta, half of the onion and chorizo mixture, half spinach and 50g cheddar into the middle of each pide. Be careful to leave 1.5 inch spaces of dough on each side around the filling.
  • Step 5 – Fold the sides of the dough up on each side without covering your toppings to create a moon-like shape.
  • Step 6 – Mix yolk and 1 tbsp of olive oil in a bowl.
  • Step 7 – Brush the yolk mixture on the dough with a pastry brush.
  • Step 8 – Put in oven for 10-15 minutes.
  • Step 9 – Serve with a salad of tomatoes, cucumber and carrots.
Turkish Pide Pizza

Tips to make Turkish pizza

  • Make your own dough! Although you could use pre-made dough, the result will be so much better if you put in the extra effort to make your own dough. Just do it, you’ll be so happy you did!
  • Use fresh spinach for the tastiest results.

Add your own twist to this recipe for Turkish pide

  • Add spicy pepper to make this recipe a bit spicy.
  • Turkish pide cheese can be whatever you want it to be! Swap out cheddar or emmental for your favorite cheese.
  • Add your own Turkish pide toppings! Top it with a fried egg or add some of the best Turkish spices, such as extra sumac, some cinnamon and/or red pepper flakes. The sky is the limit here.
Turkish Pide Bread

What is pide in English?

Pide translates to Turkish flatbread in English.

More Pizza Recipes

  • Sourdough Pizza with mushrooms
  • Sweet Potato Pizza
  • Flammekeuche (Alsatian Pizza)
  • Palak Paneer Pizza
  • 4 Cheese Pizza
  • Pumpkin Calzone
  • Ratatouille Pizza

Turkish Pide

Let us know if you are planning to make Turkish pide at home and let us know how it goes!

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  • Author: Alix and Hugo
  • Total Time: 40 mins
  • Yield: For 4
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Learn to make the ultimate Turkish Pide, also known as “Turkish Pizza” – stuffed with spinach and feta.


Ingredients

Units Scale
  • 1.25 cup of wholewheat flour
  • 1 tsp of dried yeast
  • 1 tsp of caster sugar
  • 1/2 tsp of salt
  • 2 tbsp of olive oil
  • 4 oz of lukewarm water
  • 200g of fresh spinach (washed)
  • 200g of feta (cut into little cubes)
  • 100g of emmental or cheddar(cut into little cubes)
  • 1 onion (finely chopped)
  • 1/2 tsp of sumac
  • 1 egg yolk

Instructions

Prepare the leaven

  1. Pour the yeast, sugar, ¼ cup of flour and 2 oz of water in a bowl and combine the ingredients.
  2. Leave the mixture to sit for 10/15 minutes. (The mixture is ready when it forms a brown dough with bubbles.)
  3. Mix 1 cup of flour and salt in the bowl of your Kitchen Aid.
  4. Pour the leaven in the bowl and mix slowly.
  5. Pour 2 oz of water in the bowl, little by little, and continue to mix slowly.
  6. The dough must be smooth and springy.
  7. If the dough is too dry, add more water. If the dough is too wet, add more flour. (Always add water little by little.)
  8. Pour 1 tbsp of olive oil into a bowl and add the dough.
  9. Cover the bowl and leave to sit for at least an hour in a warm place.
  10. The dough should double in size.
  11. Pour olive oil into a frying pan, heat on medium heat.
  12. Add onion and a pinch of salt.
  13. When the onion starts to become transparent, cook for another 2 minutes.
  14. Turn down the heat.
  15. Add sumac and cook for 5 minutes. Put aside.

Prepare the spinach

  1. Pour 2 liters of cold water into a bowl.
  2. Pour 3 liters of water into a pan and heat on high heat.
  3. When the water starts to boil, add a tbsp of salt.
  4. Add the spinach and let cook for 2 minutes.
  5. Remove the spinach and put it into the bowl of cold water.
  6. Wring the spinach and put aside.

Prepare the pide

  1. Preheat oven to 465°F (240°C).
  2. Remove the dough from the bowl and cut into 2 equal pieces.
  3. Roll the dough to create strips that measure 15cm x 40cm (6 inches x 16 inches) each, with a rolling pin.
  4. Put 100g of feta, half of the onion and chorizo mixture, half spinach and 50g cheddar into the middle of each pide. Be careful to leave 1.5 inch spaces of dough on each side around the filling.
  5. Fold the sides of the dough up on each side without covering your toppings to create a moon-like shape.
  6. Mix yolk and 1 tbsp of olive oil in a bowl.
  7. Brush the yolk mixture on the dough with a pastry brush.
  8. Put in oven for 10-15 minutes.
  9. Serve with a salad of tomatoes, cucumber and carrots.
  • Prep Time: 25 mins
  • Cook Time: 15 mins
  • Category: Pizza
  • Cuisine: Turkish

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First published December 4, 2016. Last updated June 27, 2021 with more information, additional tips, and better readability.

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