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Gözleme (Turkish Flatbread)

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Prep: 0 min Cook: 0 min Servings: 10 Difficulty: medium

Categories: Snack, Side, Bread, Baked, Fried

Tags: appetizer, medium difficulty, pan fried, recipes for flatbread, recipes using all-purpose flour, recipes using butter, recipes using granulated sugar, recipes with images, side dish, turkish

Source: Wikibooks contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook%3AG%C3%B6zleme_%28Turkish_Flatbread%29)

Adapted: Imported and reformatted by HowManyCookies from the cited Wikibooks revision.

Source revision: https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook%3AG%C3%B6zleme%20%28Turkish%20Flatbread%29&oldid=4503985

License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) · Wikibooks contributors

Ingredients

  • 5¼ cups (600 grams) all-purpose flour
  • 2½ teaspoons (15 grams) salt
  • 2 teaspoons (7 grams) dry yeast
  • 1 teaspoon (4 grams) white granulated sugar
  • 1¼ cups (300 grams) water
  • ½ cup (100 grams) oil
  • ⅓ cup (65 grams) butter

Directions

Dough

  1. Sift flour in a large bowl, reserving 1 cup of flour.
  2. Sprinkle with salt and mix. Make a well in the centre.
  3. Combine yeast and sugar in a small bowl. Stir in ¼ cup warm water.
  4. Pour the liquid into the well in the centre of the flour.
  5. Cover yeast with some flour. Let stand for 10 minutes to rise.
  6. Stir in remaining liquid, blending thoroughly. Knead for 5 minutes to form a medium-soft dough.
  7. Cover and let rise in a warm place for 1 hour or until doubled in bulk.

Shaping

  1. Place dough on lightly floured board. Divide into 10 portions with floured hands.
  2. Shape portions into balls; roll each ball out with rolling pin into a 5 mm thick rectangle. Brush with oil.
  3. Fold opposite edges over, bringing edges together in centre.
  4. Spread filling over half of pastry. Then fold other half over filling, shaping into an oblong.
  5. Seal edges well, pressing slightly.

Cooking

  1. Heat griddle or a cast iron skillet.
  2. Grease with butter and place gözleme on griddle.
  3. Brown on both sides.
  4. Serve hot with ayran.