Want to see more Pizza oven recipes? Let me know what dishes you want to see, I'm thinking Lebanese Mana'eesh next time around! If you try the Pide, don't forget to send me some photos on instagram. Hope you liked the video, and if you did, consider joining our Patreon www.patreon.com/MiddleEats
@Nazam Ghaffar The Western boundary of the "Middle East" is typically considered to be Egypt, which sits directly to the South of Turkey, but frankly the term "The Middle East" is a fairly nebulous one that's mostly geopolitical as opposed to actually geographical. Libya, for example, is to the West of Egypt on the Southern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, and many people would not consider it part of "The Middle East" even though its cuisine is quite similar. Ultimately it isn't particularly important. Turkish cuisine is one of the great cuisines of the world and is woefully underrepresented on RU-vid, at least.
My favorite pizza toppings are tangy goat cheese, spinach, and pepperoni. I bet those would be great on this too, since it doesn’t need red sauce, the goat cheese melts into a kind of sauce.
You can go with goat cheese or feta, spinach and turkish garlic sausage (sucuk), these are almost my favorite pide toppings, I just like to add an cracked egg on top.
As a chef specialising in international cusines, the commonality of the "boat" shaped breads is remarkable to me. My highly educated take; I guess everyone loves bread that looks like boats.
@@MiddleEats They've got an interesting taste, sort of medicinal/funky and pair well with richer foods or are often just deep fried and eaten as a snack.
There's a Turkish takeaway where I live that does these (unlike the rest that just do kebabs.) I'm always torn between this thing, and a pizza they do called Popeye Kick - BBQ base, spicy sausage, and spinach.
I cant even describe how awesome these were. We were boring and just used cheese and tomatoes and spices but I cant wait to try other fillings. I'm thinking of making a "chicken" recipe and using that. I love the egg idea, with some veggie sausage. I can't describe how good this dough is.
Idk about toxic fumes but when it's at a high enough temperature and the edges are exposed it can catch fire, happened to me multiple times even though I was using a low temperature..
I love pide. They are so versatile and easy to eat on the go. As for the topping, I prefer mine as simple as possible. I'm fine with cheese and egg or cheese and sausage. Or a fusion with the Alsacian Flammekueche, either with creme fraiche, onions and bacon or the sweet version with apples, sugar and cinnamon. That pizza oven would be welcome in my household, too.
Would love to see a pantry video where you got through what you have in your pantry for cooking middle eastern food and why! Love the recipes and content.
I've once transferred a flight at Istanbul just before the pandemic broke out. Arrived in the early morning, and got off from the Havaist bus at around 6-7am. Sky was still pitch black. Surprised to find a small restaurant near where I got off to still be open, and after looking at the menu for a good 5 minutes, I ordered a pide. It was perfect.
Unfortunately, people in USA who makes the pide are so greedy they are charging $16.00 when it cost only $3.00 to $4.00. If regular pizza places makes this they will make so much money they will stop making pizza:). There is number of reason they will make pide instead of making pizza, once they get used to it it will faster, it will be personal pide for everyone's taste, it will be thin and crunchy crust and it will be totally delicious :)
Just to know how good these are On my town there is restaurant specialized on pide and you might wait for an hour to get your order BTW you can add tomato sauce to it try and play around with the toppings
Also, reminds me of (though there are obvious differences) Georgian khachapuri that everyone and their mother (at least in my social media circles) seemed to be giving a go last year.
Greetings from Turkey, friends. Feel free to use the ingredients you have on hand to make Turkish pita, but the flavors should be compatible. potatoes, onions, mushrooms, ground meat, various meats, vegetables, spices, eggs, cheeses and everything else. I recommend you a recipe with chopped mushrooms, peppers and eggs. But the mushrooms should be roasted in a little oil, otherwise the taste will be bland. and my favorite is minced meat pita! It is prepared with fatty minced meat + pepper + onion and tomato. If the proportions are done correctly, it tastes delicious! Enjoy your meal!
I'm thinking of all these crazy ideas. I'm Puerto Rican so I was thinking how good it would be with arroz con pollo. Or just fresh mozz, tomatoes and herbs. Or hashweh! Or corned beef and cabbage and swiss, like a rueben!! Or scrambled eggs, cheese and bacon! These look amazing
the most common pide topping in Turkey is "kıymalı" : ground beef + tomatoes + pepper + onion ... and more ingredients. the king of toppings is kasar + kavurma + optional egg for that extra cholesterol touch. a small slice of butter is applied to sides right before serving. but feta is a no no.
I am definitely planning for the Fiteer Mishaltet sometime in the future. The hawawshi is an interesting one, I'll see how I can do that without burning it.
Obi, you are a real pro. I can not compliment you enuf for all the detail that you provided. I am Turkish and I know not many people who could bake those pipes as good as you did. I hope your channel reaches millions of subscribers.
Hi Obi :) We had a store here in the states that sold something called Mediterranean Pizza. It did not have sauce on it. It was round and flatter than pita bread but still a dough and not a tortilla, if that makes sense. It was sprinkled with a white cheese but not too much and had almost like a caramelized onion chutney as sauce, also not too much. They were the perfect snack or great for a meal alongside a salad. Do you know what these are? The light seasoning was unique. ...thanks🙋♀️
Thank you for this lovely reminder of My Visits to Turkey where from the Airport I start tucking into Pide's. A nice alternative to pizza 🍕. Excellent work 👍 I would say
