Quick Turkish Bread Recipe

Most people who know the country will have a memory of that first time they sat down in a Turkish restaurant and ordered food.

And then, before the meal arrives, a real WOW centrepiece is brought to the table. The famous Turkish balloon bread or puffy bread.

The more of you there are round the table, the longer the balloon bread – or breads. And if there’s just the two of you, you sometimes get a dinky circular one.

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So, yeah, you’ve still got to get in there and risk that burning tingling of the fingertips so you can tear off your share and get the oodles of butter daubed into the middle.

But when you’re in Turkish restaurants, each one likes to add a little bit of variety. So you can, too when you do your homemade bread.

If you’re in Turkey and you don’t want to miss out on the classic puff bread experience, look out for the restaurants that advertise it.

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Some Fethiye restaurants, for example, will even have a table outside with an actual puffed bread placed on it. A sign will tell you there’s ‘free puffy bread with meals.’

If it’s not immediately obvious, it’s usually the resort restaurants that also serve pide and lahmacun that will also have balloon bread on offer.

And if you can’t be in your favourite turkish restaurant enjoying their balloon bread, then bring that experience into your own home. This is a remarkably quick and easy bread recipe!

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We make a little well in the middle for our salt, water and yoghurt to make it a bit easier to bring our dough together.

Use a spoon to stir the mixture together for a few seconds. And, when it starts coming together, get your hand in there to start making a dough ball.

It might feel dry and crumbly at first, but keep bringing your piece of dough together until you’ve scooped up all the crumbly bits at the bottom of your bowl.

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Some people use a stand mixer for this. But we’re doing a quick way of making bread. And for us, it just seems more efficient to get on with it and make your dough by hand. It takes minutes.

When your dough ball has come together, knead it for a few minutes on a clean work surface until you have a moist, sticky dough.

And now you can place it in plastic wrap to let the dough rest and refrigerate until you’re ready to make your balloon bread.

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For best results, Turkish balloon bread needs to be served immediately. So if you’re making meze plates and dips to go with it, prepare these in advance and get them out on the table.

The next trick is to make sure you have a preheated oven. A very hot oven is essential for this puff bread recipe.

Heat your baking sheet or baking tray, too. If you have a pizza stone – or a pizza oven – even better!

Turkish Pide Bread

Pat it down into a round shape, sprinkle with a little flour and then roll it out as thinly as you can. You need around 2-3 mm thickness.

Sprinkle the top of your dough with nigella seeds (if you’re using them) and then transfer it to your hot baking sheet and place it at the bottom of the oven.

After a couple of minutes, if you have a glass door in your oven, you’ll be able to watch your dough star to puff up and balloon.

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Apparently, the process is caused by steam rising in the bread – just like with pita puffs – hence why it’s wise to prod the hot balloon bread with a fork before you delve in to eat it.

Once your dough has puffed up in the oven and got a little bit of colour on it, it’s done. This only takes a few minutes – again, dependent on your oven.

As you can see in the photo, we served ours with butter, minty yoghurt dip, spicy ezme and a mung bean salad bowl.

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Tear a piece of the bread, open up that hollow centre and get lashings of butter in there and bit of ezme. Delightful!

If your oven is not hot enough, you will end up with a flat pita bread. The heat in the oven causes steam to rise inside your bread, making it puff up.

This delicious and famous Turkish balloon bread is really quick and easy to make. Serve with butter and dips and make a memorable tear and share event for friends and family.

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I love your recipe it's fool proof. I've now made it both ways on the day and the day before. It causes such fun for guests to see whilst they watch it bake. Thank you x

Hi Susan, thanks so much for your comment and recipe rating. Much appreciated! :) Glad your guests enjoy watching the balloon bread balloon! :) And happy the recipe works for you.

Hi Rosie, thanks a lot for your comment and 5-star recipe rating. Much appreciates. :) Think the balloon bread recipe is a lot easier than people think, isn't it. :)This Turkish pide bread is shaped round and rather flat in form, and having a weave-like patterned crust, usually shaped with hands .

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After 30 minutes, pull and stretch the dough from all four sides.Dip your hands in water to prevent any chance of dough sticking to your hands.

After five minutes, flatten the dough ball to form a flat round disc of approximately 22 cm in diameter and 1 and 1/2 cm in thickness.

Withe finger tips, make dots or indentations with a diamond pattern on dough discs leaving an inch of space from the edge of circle.

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We can either have them with kebab or can dip it in Baba Ghanoush or have with any of your favorite soups or salads.

You can keep this Pide bread dough in fridge after the first proofing .I prefer to do the stretching and folding as well before keeping it in fridge.

When you want to bake the Ramazan Pidesi, Take the dough outside and let it sit at room temperature for 30 minutes or until it comes to room temperature.

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When it reaches room temperature, you can proceed with the rest of the steps ,starting with the third step of dividing and shaping the dough.

To reheatpide bread before eating; just sprinkle them with water and place in a hot oven (180 C/ 350 F) for around 8 few minutes or until they are warm.

Ramazan Pidesi is a special Soft Turkish Flat Bread made traditionally during Ramazan.In this Turkish Pide Bread recipe we use only five basic ingredients to make the bread dough and we make this Pide Bread in a simple no knead method.

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Does anyone have any idea Holy Smokes Doral e-cigarette shop based in 853 Bass Pro Ln sells e-liquid made by Fogwerks Vape Liquid? I have emailed them at [email protected]This is our fluffiest, easiest Turkish bread, served with olive oil and fresh herbs on top. Eat it with millet balls or other snacks you love or just dip it in your favourite spicy sauce and enjoy it right away.

This fluffiest Turkish flatbread is so easy and only takes one single proofing to get it done. You don't even need to bake it, it's all done on the stove, on a non-stick pan. You can make it for breakfast or lunch or just for a festive season to welcome your family and friends.

The result is a light and airy bread recipe that is super fluffy and so delicious, you won't believe it. Let me show you how to make and what simple ingredients you need.

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Super simple staples here, which you already have in your pantry, no doubt. You don't need anything fancy as this is a nice and easy recipe for all bread lovers. You don't need any baking experience to make this either, which is ideal for everyone.

Flour - Use all-purpose flour to make this bread. You don't need any special flour. Just the basics you have in your kitchen cabinets. We recommend non-bleached flour though. We never work with bleached flour.

Dry yeast - You'll need one packet of dry yeast. All packets should be 7-8 grams. Basically, a standard little yeast packet is enough for this recipe.

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Oat Milk - We recommend oat milk because it gives the Turkish bread a maltier taste, but you can use any plant-based milk for this recipe. It works with coconut, almonds, even soy milk. No need to take a trip to the shop, just the plant-based milk you have in the fridge.

Olive oil - You'll need a couple of tbsp of olive oil for this recipe and a little more to brush the Turkish bread once it's ready. We are adamant about using olive oil in all our recipes but if you have any other vegetable oil, you can also use that. It won't spoil this recipe, so no need to worry.

Fresh Herbs - I like to use parsley and cilantro (coriander) for this recipe. They work best with the taste of Turkish Bread. Delicious!

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Anything else? Optionally you can add chilli flakes if you want, but