Spinach & Egg Pide
 
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Turkish Pide - and I bet you thought it was hard to make at home? (nut free, soy-free, wheat-free, vegetarian)
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Recipe type: Main, Baking
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 2 large bunches of spinach, steamed and chopped (or 2x 250g packets frozen spinach, thawed)
  • 250g ricotta cheese
  • 100g fetta cheese, crumbled
  • 1 tbsp dried mixed herbs
  • 3 cups spelt flour (or other flour, see notes)
  • 1 tsp dried yeast
  • 1 tbsp rapadura sugar (or other unrefined sugar)
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 4 eggs
Instructions
  1. Combine spinach, cheeses and herbs in a large bowl, stirring until well mixed. Put aside.
  2. Preheat oven to 220C. Place a pizza/bread stone in oven, or line 2 baking trays with baking paper and put aside.
  3. Combine flour, yeast, sugar, salt and water in a stand mixer or large mixing bowl. Mix dough ingredients until combined and a soft dough is formed.
  4. Turn dough until a lightly floured surface. Knead dough for a few minutes until dough is smooth.
  5. Divide into 4 portions and one by one roll into a long oval shape about 25cm long. Divide spinach mixture between each dough piece, leaving 3cm border to fold up the sides and pinch ends closed to seal.
  6. Push filling down in middle of pide to make an indent. Crack an egg into centre of each pide.
  7. Place on prepared baking trays or gently slide onto baking stone. Bake for 20minutes or until browned and eggs cooked.
Notes
Flour: Replace with white or wheat bread making flour OR with gluten-free flour. I have also made a dough for this recipe using 25% amaranth and 75% spelt flour which gave fantastic results.
Recipe by @OmNomAlly at https://omnomally.com/2012/09/18/spinach-egg-pide-2/