Legendary PIDE recipe! Some call it Turkish Flat Bread! Simple, vegeterian and full on versions!.. 

• Mix the water, sugar and yeast in a cup. Let the mixture sit for 3 minutes. • Combine the flour and salt in a large bowl and make a hole in the centre. Add in the butter and yeast mixture. • Mix with a wooden spatula until the mixture is no longer sticky. Knead by folding the dough onto itself for a couple of minutes • Transfer the dough on your counter and knead for about 6-7 minutes until it is smooth and elastic. • Divide the dough into 7 lumps, each will be around 120 g. To shape each dough into balls, press on the dough with your palm and roll it. Press gently with your thumb to push it inwards and use your other fingers to roll it. Release the pressure slowly while the dough is getting rounder. • Dust a tray with flour and place the dough balls in it. Dust them again and cover with a damped kitchen cloth. • Let the dough rise for 40-45 minutes at room temperature or 30 minutes in a warm place. • Meanwhile, heat your oven to 280 C (535 F) and place a tray into the top shelf upside down. You can also prepare the filling while the dough is resting. • Dust your work surface and roll out each dough ball to 40 cm (16 in) length, 12-15 cm width (5-6 in) and 2-3 mm (1/10) thick with a rolling pin. Roll out rounder and wider, around 20 cm (7-8 in), if making pide with egg. • Transfer the dough onto a pizza peel and shake off the excess flour. • To make the Pide with kaşar cheese, place the cheese on top of the dough and spread it evenly, leaving a 2-3 cm (1 in) gap by the edge. Place the halved tomatoes and peppers on top. Fold the empty sides over the filling and pinch both ends together. Brush away the excess flour. • Slide the pide into the bottom of the oven and bake for 4-5 minutes until it is crisp on the bottom. Then transfer the pide to the tray, which is already on a higher rack. Bake for another 2 minutes until it is golden brown. Grease the pide with butter during the last 30 seconds of baking. • To make the Pide with kaşar and egg, place the cheese on top of the dough and spread it evenly, leaving a 2-3 cm (1 in) gap by the edge. Fold the empty sides over the filling and pinch both ends together. Brush away the excess flour. • Slide the pide into the bottom of the oven and bake for 4-5 minutes until it is crisp on the bottom. Then place the peppers, crack the egg and sprinkle the red pepper flakes on top and bake for another 2 minutes on the tray, which is already in a higher rack. Grease the pide with butter during the last 30 seconds of baking. • To make the Pide with meat (Kuşbaşılı), place the cheese on top of the dough and spread it evenly, leaving a 2-3 cm (1 in) gap by the edge. Spread the mixture on top. Fold the empty sides over the filling and pinch both ends together. Brush away the excess flour. • Slide the pide into the bottom of the oven and bake for 4-5 minutes until it is crisp on the bottom. Then transfer the pide to the tray, which is already in a higher rack. Bake for another 2 minutes until it is golden brown. Grease the pide with butter during the last 30 seconds of baking. • To make the Pide with pastırma and sucuk, place the cheese on top of the dough and spread it evenly, leaving a 2-3 cm (1 in) gap by the edge. Place the pastırma, sucuk, green pepper and red pepper flakes on top. You can dice the sucuk and pastırma, if you like. Fold the empty sides over the filling and pinch both ends together. Brush away the excess flour. • Slide the pide into the bottom of the oven and bake for 4-5 minutes until it is a crisp on the bottom. Then transfer the pide to the tray, which is already in a higher rack. Bake for another 2 minutes until it is golden brown. Grease the pide with butter during the last 30 seconds of baking. Garnish with parsley leaves. • To make the Pide with white cheese, place the cheese on top of the dough and spread it evenly, leaving a 2-3 cm (1 in) gap by the edge. Place the spring onion, parsley, nigella seeds, red pepper flakes and cured meat on top. Fold the empty sides over the filling and pinch both ends together. Brush away the excess flour. • Slide the pide into the bottom of the oven and bake for 4-5 minutes until it is crisp on the bottom. Then transfer the pide to the tray, which is already in a higher rack. Bake for another 2 minutes until it is golden brown. Grease the pide with butter during the last 30 seconds of baking. • Your crispy, freshly baked, madly delicious pides are ready. I highly recommend you enjoy with your choice of popular pide accompaniment - ayran (a cold savoury yogurt-based drink), şalgam (fermented turnip and black carrot juice) or Turkish black tea.

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In 2019 I travelled to Istanbul and Bodrum for the first time. It was the best trip I've ever taken. Then, during October 2020, I got really bored in California and decided to take trip to Bodrum for 3 weeks. This was the best 3 weeks of my 60 years on this planet! What I experienced was the warmth, hospitality, friendliness, culture and the absolute best food like Rafika's dishes. Rafika is what your average Turk is like. Nice, warm, inviting and a true representative of her nation. It's obvious that because of her videos, I am now approximately 40 pounds heavier and I have to fight my wife over who gets to cook. I've replicated her Adana Kebab and several other dishes and everyone around me thinks I'm some sort of professional chef! I then bring up her videos and show them where I learned it. Thank you Refika for these videos. I am now in process of preparing to make my move to Turkey (Bodrum) as a retiree and can't wait till I get there! LOVE IT!

Man!! This woman, she is amazing.

I live with depression and often can't be bothered to cook dinner. So I watch you, and your enthusiasm makes me want to feed myself and my wife something good. Thank you.

Hello from Greece neighbour I love Turkish food and Turkey!

I’m opening a cafe in Japan. The menu will include Turkish Pide and Lahmacun. I’m not Turkish but it’s probably the best tasting food I’ve ever had the privilege to eat. Thank you so much for the recipes and techniques. I also think getting a Turkish person to come here and work in our cafe a great advantage in what we are trying to achieve.

Waaayyyy back in 1954 to 1958 I lived in Ankara (ages 7 to 11) - and loved it. I am so happy to find so many of the foods that I miss from that time on your show. Also I am amazed how much of the Turkish language is coming back to me just watching your show. My family would come up to Istanbul for various events and we would stay at the Hilton. My parents took me once to the Topkapi Museum and it made an indelible impression on me. But of course the simit, salt crusted pistachios also stuck there too. Nothing is better than Turkish street food! Food flavors seemed to be more intense over there. Thank you for a wonderful show. Keep on no matter what.

I love Turkey, turkish food, beautiful country. Thanks teşekkür ederim love from Ireland

This year I have hosted a high school student from Turkey. He is such a lovely man and is very proud of his culture. He has introduced me to your channel. In the past, all the Turkish food that I have enjoyed has been from a restaurant. We have made several of your recipes and last week I made pide and milk helva all by myself and everyone who was here loved it. You made it look so easy that I felt confident that I could make it. My nieces helped make a few as well and we made various combinations with ingredients we had on hand. My favorite was cheese, peppers and tomato. Thank you for sharing. When I come to visit Turkey I am going to look you up to thank you.

My wife made this upon request for our 17th Anniversary 31st July 2021. I made her follow your recipe, it was so amazing. We live in the Caribbean and found Sumac and za'atar, so I did some beef tenderloin kebabs with the sumac onions salad and pide was our appetizer. Now, instead of pizza saturdays we will be having pide saturdays.

Cannot wait to visit Turkey just because of the food. Turkish food is so underrated. They are the reason for so many great dishes we eat in the Balkans and middle east. ❤️ from an Albanian in USA.

Hello, I'm doing Erasmus in Spain. I wanted to introduce Turkish cuisine for my Erasmus friend. So that's why me and my friend who's from Russia watched this video and we decided to cook pide for our friends who's Germans, Mexican, Italian and Slovenian. Thanks a lot. You and your team are amazing :)

Yes please Refika. Love the idea of that fermented drink. In fact all Turkish drinks!

Holy moly. I just made this & it’s soooo tasty!! Thank you Refika! I grew up eating pides & gozlemes in Sydney, Australia. I have so many memories of waking up & waiting until the Turkish restaurant down the road would open at 9:30am & grabbing some for breakfast for me & my mum. I didn’t realize it but that shaped so much of my preferences for food later in life. Living in America now, easy access to Turkish food is something I miss so much from Australia. And now I just made the tastiest pides in my kitchen! Thank you so much!!

Seeing everybody eat the food is the best part!

I love the way she explains everything in such a manner that its not drawling. Its like she genuinely wants to teach. I like her.

This is incredible.... thanks for always introducing us to the Turkish cuisine and culture.... keep the Turkish recipes coming 😍

My first Pide with my first home made Sucuk! Devoured! Lots of love from Cape Town

When I went to university in Hamburg I lived above a german-turkish bakery with my friends and they would make the best Pide every day. I really miss that place and the people. Will try to make these myself some time soon!

Hi from India, Refika 😊 I made Pide, exactly the way you showed. They turned out super delicious. Love your channel. Turkish cuisine is our new love ❤

Greetings from America! Pizza is my favorite. This is an Amazing recipe! I wish I were there with all of you! God bless you all! Peace be with all people! ❤🙏❤

Your food is not only delicious looking and sounding, watching your methods is very helpful, and your interaction with your staff is fun.

I worked at a Turkish restaurant in college and pides were my favorite (okay tied with red lentil soup). This video makes me miss it so much.

I have so many students from Turkey....lovely people. Today I tried to make Yufka flat Bread...Maybe not perfect but it came out great to my taste. Turkey has inspired me to learn more about your cuisine which is absolutely delicious!!! I'll try Pide for sure!!! You are such an adorable and high-spirited woman. I'm grateful I came across your Channel. Thank you so much for sharing!!!😘

I have made this many times in numerous variations. Hubs said it was better than pizza & I should SELL them. LOL! Super thin crispy crust. I only have a NuWave countertop oven and they came out PERFECTLY. Thank you Refika for turning us on to Pide! FOOD OF THE GODS!

I swear I can watch your videos all day. It's so great to see someone with just so much passion for what they do. I can just tell you are in love with food. The way you talk about it, and prepare it and cook it, how you eat it. Your videos are just incredible. I just want to jump in them and just have the best time enjoying food. Also (and sorry I mean no offense) Turkish men are beautiful.

Refika - every time I watch you in your kitchen I cry! I want to taste your food, every dish. I had amazing Pide in a hotel while holidaying in Ölüdeniz. Turkish food is my favourite. Now you are my favourite chef. Seeing your happy face, hearing you laugh and how the team interact with you is amazing. It brings back many happy times I have had with Turkish people. Genuine, friendly and good feeders of an amazing array of vegetables, fish, lamb, tomatoes but my favourite is the Aubergine. Best wishes Refica and all the team When I see the food & hear you all laugh, you bring my favourite place which is Kalkan and very happy memories. I am truly grateful for that. Teşekkür ederim. David.

Delicious recipe 😋 Greetings from Scotland ♥️ Have a wonderful day everyone 🌻

OMG... I am so hungry right now. So, i am on my way to the kitchen. My husband will be very happy tonight. He is greek and we live in Greece. Thank you for sharing your fantastic recipies.

My husband followed this recipe and made the most delicious pide. Thank you for sharing this video Refika ❤

I did it for my friends They gave me 9.5/10 Thank you so much it was amazing

That's making me so hungry ..... also you are not just cooking you are teaching and giving tips. That's so cool❤

I’ve made Pides before . But two days ago I made your version for iftar . I especially loved the feta combination . I have never had it in pide or pizza before, and it was surprisingly delicious 😊 I also made one with sundried tomatoes peppers , Mozarella and parmesan . Equally tasty! I made 4 extra large ones the diagonal length of the baking sheet . They were so good my children didn’t want to eat their rice and curry after said they were full . This recipe is a keeper along with your channel! Thank you !

Hi loved your video, we lived in Istanbul for 2 yrs and really miss authentic Turkish food, now my wife runs an Indian restaurant here in McKinney, Texas - Indian Kitchen We will add this Pede to the menu soon! With an Indian twist! Taskkur idirim 🙏

Looks sooooo good! Bucket List: Travel to Turkey & eat every single food.

Due to COVID-19 neither I nor my beloved could visit each other in the country where we live so we met halfway in Turkey back in October. I love Turkish food before going but the two weeks we spent in Istanbul were amazing. I loved these “pizzas” (I don’t actually eat 🍕 normally)!! I can see why after being there my love had traveled to Turkey several times in the past. The people, the immense history, the sights to see and the food were all amazing. I even showed him the kofta video of you and Alex while there. ☺️

Love your recipes and your energy for sharing the love of food! I cook a lot of your recipes for myself and my girlfriend here in New Zealand. She really enjoys the resulting inspiration I get from watching these videos. Thank you so much for sharing.

Yes finally .. I always get a pide at my favourite Turkish restaurant, now i can make my own!! Love from South Africa. ❤️Really enjoy your videos. Made so many dishes already.

I tried the recipe after watching your video. One cheese, Two cheese and sucuk, 1 four cheese etc etc. Four persons we almost finished them all. Only one pide is left. 😊 receipt is perfect the result is even better than a pide you can eat at a restaurant. Thank you Refika

So beautiful! And so simple! Can’t wait to try this, I’ve made 7 of your recipes just this week! My favourite was the Menemen, it is indeed the best egg recipe. Thanks for sharing all these delicious recipes. It’s been so much fun learning about the culture of Turkey and trying new recipes at home. Sending lots of love from Brooklyn 💕

Pide bread looks amaizingly beautiful and delicious .I cant wait to try it.Turkey is a beautiful country with range of phenominal food great heritage and cultural values.I wish to visit Turkey one day INSHALLAH .lots of love from British Pakistani from ENGLAND.

Aaaah whenever I hear pide, I remember the story about Nassreddin Hodja who sent one of his pupils to buy pide for lunch from the market, but the little one kept asking "Hodja, if they don't have pide, can I buy halva" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤗💕 please show us how to make the fermented drink x

Refika, I tried this yesterday. I added Italian sausage and grilled this Turkish bread. Thank you!

Yess refika..love seeing ur kneading technique..I'm learning basic bread kneading n baking from u & burak..the best teacher ever..💪💪💪

I spent 7 months in Corlu and fell in love with this pide! I just made it tonight here in Vancouver Canada thanks to this video and recipe. Thanks you!!

Best episode yet. Pizza is my favorite food and your recipes are almost insanely mouth-watering. Plus you gave us nice cameos of the whole crew. (And the camera didn't break down). Warmest wishes to Refika & Co. from Los Angeles

I'm Barbi from Colorado USA, I'm so excited to try this recipe!!

It's never occured to me that pide is something I can cook myself. XD I think of it as such a kind of I need to go out for this type of food.

This has become one of my favorite quick dinners to fix, I like to mince up garlic and olives and line the edges of my dough so that the garlic and olives or sometimes mushrooms get rolled into the edges. In fact, I have my dough resting and waiting on the counter right now. This dough recipe is so versatile, I use this recipe at least three times a week I don't even buy bread or pitas in the store anymore, I just make my own now

Karadeniz pidesi is one of the best Turkish delicacies of the Black Sea region. Greetings from a Black Sea girl! ❤️

I tried a couple of your recipes and they went really well. I must say I am so happy I discovered your channel!!

I watched this just this morning, and just finished enjoying it! I made it for my hubby and myself, and we loved it!! We did ours with super reduced and caramelized onions with garlic as a spread, then on that we put 3 different cured meats, and then mozzarella with diced sun-dried tomatoes, hot pepper flakes, and fresh thyme on top. It was soo friggin good! AND THE SMELL 🤤🤤 😍 Thank you for sharing your delicious recipes! ❤️❤️

You have been my go-to channel for amazing food and your incredibly hummus. I have made it so many times, it has become a staple in our home. I get rave reviews from anyone who tries it. But most of all, I come to hang out and visit with you and your crew. I feel like we are all old friends and you have no idea how much all of you helped me through the Corona quarantine. My husband and I literally stayed in the house for one year, without visitors. You were my family during this tough time. I love each of you. Thank you for the amazing food, the laughs and the educational bits. You are truly amazing and beautiful. Warm hugs from Graham Washington. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Greetings from Canada, I’d love to see stuffed mussels recipe which i had in Izmir!

Brings back memories of Istanbul! Thanks!

REFIKA! omg I just discovered you a few weeks now and where have you been all my life??? I see you like a sister with incredible skills making food I would kill to eat even at 5am or ANYTIME. I mean- seriously... Can you adopt me?! lol I want to know EVERYTHING... everyyyything about your food. Some things are similar to Sicilian cooking so I am very very partial to your cooking. I want your rolling pin, beautiful wooden pizza and bread planks- everything! I can go on and on about every recipe I watched. Turkey looks beautiful. My old boss was from Turkey and she never shared her culture and food with us I feel cheated. Woman- I am probably going to try making every recipe. If you have supplies... I want I want I want ( if or when I can). Refika you are my new idol thank you guys for these amazing videos they are a pleasure to watch🙏😍👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

Thank you for this wonderful recipe! I tried it with real sucuk and now I can make my daughter's favorite Turkish food (we are Korean)! We love your channel and your videos! Türkiye sen bizim herşey imizin!

Greetings from Brazil! I love turkish food, but some items are hard to find here or too expensive to buy. We get some creative thinking involved to find replacements and still be able to cook these great turkish wonders 🙂 You bring a lot of joy to our days, and watching you eating makes everyone here hungry. Keep up with the good work! Cheers

The recipe for the Shalgam....please............That's making me so hungry

So, having the privilege to have been to over 100 countries, I have always been drawn to the food of Turkey, Syria, Georgia and the likes. Your way of demonstrating how to cook Turkish food, the recipes and the manner of your cooking is brilliant. Thanks so much for this excellent channel, and what as a viewer seems, an excellent and fun crew, which epitomises the channel! Keep up the good work and please do show us more...

Şu pidelerimiz ve lahmacun varken pizza çok nadiren aklıma gelir.

This is a happy demonstration. I feel better for having watched it. Also it is very clear, well explained. It is very good to give temperatures instead of just saying ‘warm’ ‘hot’ etc. Good too the snippets of Turkish.

I'm so happy for this recipe! Thank you Refika and Team!

In love with Burak 😂 Hehehe..... A vegetarian watching your recipes with joy and 💕

This deserves a like and share

Refika, you're a great ambassador for the amazing Turkish cuisine. The first time I saw you was on 24 kitchen and it was instant love. You bring joy and simplicity. Love from Bulgaria ❤️

You literally made me fall in love with how easy it is to make Turkish meals especially after watching my Turkish series ❤️❤️. Best part is trying all your recipes from my kitchen😋😋

not only do your recipes draw you in , but the love & connect you all hv is Wonderful to watch. ❤

These look amazing and so yummy!! As an Italian, pizza will always be my go to...but I definitely have to try making this and add it to my recipes! And as if you guys hadn't already given me enough good reasons to visit Turkey, eating authentic pide seems like another excellent one 😍🤤

OH my goodness! Why do I watch you when I am so hungry?? Looks amazing in every rendition! =]

I love watching your show! You make me feel so comfortable and confident making the food. I love that you show your imperfections too, it takes the anxiety away when making dishes from other cultures. YOU ARE AWESOME!!! Thanks for making this content❤

It's always a pleasure to watch you cooking you make it look so simple and food comes out heavenly. I am waiting for Suhoor and watching delicious food. 😋 Next time I am in Istanbul can I be ur guest 😀 Love from Pakistan 🇵🇰

Refika, I have never wished I was a part of the film crew for a food channel more than I did today after watching this video. So jealous of your crew today :)

Delicious fatayer 😋! My grandmother use to make it for us in a stone ware outdoor oven in the village in Lebanon. So, so good. This video brings back so many great memories of my childhood. Thank you, Rafika

Thank you so much for the tips and techniques in kneading the dough. I've always afraid to make bread but watching you do it, makes me confident to try it. Thanks again. Love from Singapore 🇸🇬😊🌺

I am from India. I love Turkish dramas translated in Urdu language. You are a great chef . You cook with passion .Love you all💖

I love what you do Rafika. You are so positive, active and full of energy. If the impression is so good from this side of the screen, I can imagine how you are in real life. Wish you all the best. Bravo, keep going like this.

It's the first time I'm watching her video, but just watching this one video had me wanting to cook all her recipes.. I've been searching for some nice recipes for Turkish breakfast n dishes but never found the right one until today....♥

several times travelled to Turkey and can't get enough of PIDE ! This was such a fun video to watch! Thank you Refika.

Tried it again, turned out great. Very easy to follow instructions! The recipe is going in my permanent rotation. Don't be nervous to try it if you're not an experienced cook, it's very difficult to screw this up.

I Love PIDE and I also love the way you have made the recipe look so simple, thank you so much. They all look delicious, please keep posting more recipes.

Iam watching you from UK for the first time, really like your ideas how you communicate with your audience it's feel like we are with you, cooking together. Excellent

I made this on yesterday, came out well and delicious. Everyone enjoyed it, thank you so much for the recipe with details.

Delicious recipe. I imagine you have a lot of fun together cooking. Greetz from the Netherlands

Refika! You're simply amazing! Your passion & drive will take you to greater heights ! This video itself was a feast for the soul! Thank you for making my day!

I love starting my day with coffee and Refika. Makes me face the day with joy.

My son and I made Pide this weekend - made possible by your inspiration!!! We love what you are doing - please continue to share your love with the world!!! 🙏❤️😍❤️🙏 Oh and we are regular yoghurt makers as well! Any great Turkish recipes for using leftover whey? 😁😁😁

I love watching you cook and explain your process in a way that is easy to understand. I’ve seen several of your videos and have shared some too ( hummus and beet hummus). I want to try this Pide recipe soon. Thank you for spreading joy and culture to the kitchen. It’s fun to see your friends and family enjoy your cooking and help out. :). I say you are one of my top favorites to watch online.

WOW . Good job Refika. I love all what you make. I am addicted to ayran and salgam . I buy it from Turkish store here in The States. Greetings to everyone who appeared in this video and also greetings to the beautiful Bahar

I tried this recipe. Really good. I am so happy. Thank you Refika. God bless you.😊

Hi Refika, I tried and loved this recipe, made a sujuk one for myself and I must say Ive never tasted anything more comforting as the kashar cheese with sujuk as a PIDE! 😍 thankyou for making such simple yet delicious meals from Turkey ♥️

Greetings from Hong Kong. I just tried it, very yummy !!! Hope one day can visit Turkey. Thank you for your great recipe!!!

Hello and thanks again for your SUPER recipe, I'm a very interested of that fermented kart juice please do another video about it thank you have a nice weekend and go to next week. Mira x

Rafika ,I’m so impressed with all your gorgeous recipes. Actually I’m so in love with Turkish dishes.I started with baking Turkish bread.Thanks Rafika

These videos are so funny for me, since Im from Bosnia. Not just the cuisine/recipes its the little things, habits if you will, that I guess stayed here from the Ottoman Empire. Like mixing stuff into stuff to make a bigger volume and feed more people. Never, ever throwing bread away (sacrilege), always give left-over food to animals, not wasting anything that can be saved... Im pretty good around kitchen and my Mom will always go: "Pfft, anyone could do it like that, that's easy!" when I use pure/expensive ingredients, too much butter, make my pizza's too thin, use only the best of dark chocolate/cocoa in cakes etc. She's all about feeding a lot of people, but with stuff that is tasty and it doesnt break the bank. She makes a mean pita (rolled borek) as she was making it since she was 13! (she's almost 60 now) and even at that age, she will make the dough, stretch it by hand and put it in an oven in less than 30 minutes. You should definitely make a cabbage/black pepper borek sometime (Kupusnjaca). It's my absolute favourite pita in the world, and is to die for.

I see that you have included a full recipe and method in the comments, for this and the fact that Turkish cuisine is my favorite, you have my sub. TY Refika, you are a good bubbly presenter.

They look so delicious, I want to visit Turkey, and would love to meet you 💕your personality it beautiful 💕

Avustralyada ingilizce dil okulu öğrencisiyim senin videolarını güney Amerikalı kız arkadaşıma izlettirip yaptigin tariflerle turk kültürünü tanitiyorum ellerine sağlık SIKI bir takipçiniz ;)

First video from this channel and I'm hooked! Thank you for incorporating language definitions/translations, regional knowledge and excitement - your love of food and this channel us contagious. Keep being awesome ♡