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Spinach and Black Olive Pide
A Turkish bread similar to pizza topped with baby spinach, lemon, cumin, black pepper, black olives, and white cheddar cheese.
servings: 4
total time: 1 hour 45 minutes
recipe by: Frankie
Ingredients
- THE DOUGH:
- 1 cup whole milk, room temperature
- 1 packet (2 1/4 tsp) active dry yeast
- 3 cups all-purpose flour plus a little extra
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 TBSP plus 1 tsp olive oil
- THE TOPPINGS:
- 1 TBSP olive oil
- 10 ounces baby spinach
- zest and juice from 1 lemon
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
- 8 ounces white cheddar cheese, shredded
- 1 cup whole pitted black olives, roughly chopped
Directions
- Mix the milk and yeast together in a large mixing bowl. Stir in the flour, salt, and 1 TBSP of olive oil. Continue to stir until a dough is formed then transfer to a lightly floured surface and knead by hand for about 5 minutes. Form the dough into a ball and transfer to a large clean mixing bowl. Drizzle 1 tsp of olive oil on top of the dough then flip the dough around a couple times to coat in the oil. Loosely cover the bowl and set aside to rise until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 425° F. Lightly flour a baking sheet and set aside.
- Heat 1 TBSP of olive oil in a saute pan over medium-high heat. When the oil is hot add the spinach and cook, stirring often, until wilted, about 2 minutes. Take off the heat and stir in the lemon zest, lemon juice, salt, cumin, and freshly ground pepper.
- Punch down the dough and separate into 4 equal size pieces. Form each of the pieces of dough into a an oval shape roughly 10x4-inches and place on the baking sheet.
- Spread the spinach evenly down the center of each dough oval leaving a 1/2-inch edge all the way around. Sprinkle the cheese and black olives on top of the spinach. Pinch the edges of the dough up to form a crust all the way around and pinch the ends into a point (they should end up looking like boats with the filling in the center).
- Bake in the preheated oven for 15 to 17 minutes or until crust is golden brown.
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