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Poğaça (Turkish Buns)

Asia › Turkey
serves 6 55 min Medium 13 versions
Meat-free Vegetarian Baked
Poğaça tarifi
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Poğaça with Potato

One of 13 versions of Poğaça (Turkish Buns) · the most complete write-up. The table below shows how their ingredients differ.

Ingredients

Servings 6 people
  • For the dough
  • 1 piece egg white
  • 1 tea glass (100 ml) yoghurt
  • 1 packet baking powder
  • 1 tea glass (100 ml) oil
  • 1 tea glass (100 ml) melted margarine
  • 1 packet vanilla
  • 3 water glass (200 ml) flour
  • For the filling
  • 3 piece potatoes · boiled and mashed
  • 1 piece onion
  • 1 dessert spoon salt
  • For the top
  • 1 piece egg yolk
  • 1 water glass (200 ml) breadcrumbs

How to make it

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  1. Make the filling: chop the onion finely and soften it in a pan until it turns pink.
  2. Add the potatoes you have boiled and mashed, and the salt; stir, take the pan off the heat and leave it to cool.
  3. For the dough, mix the egg white, the yoghurt, the sunflower oil, the melted margarine, the baking powder and the vanilla in a bowl.
  4. Add the flour a little at a time and knead a dough as soft as an earlobe.
  5. Tear walnut-sized pieces from the dough, open each one out in your hand, put some of the potato filling in the middle and roll it closed.
  6. Dip each poğaça first in egg yolk, then in breadcrumbs.
  7. Arrange them well apart on a greased tray.
  8. Bake at 200 degrees for 30-40 minutes, until the tops are golden.
    40 min
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Poğaça (Turkish Buns) versions

They are all the same dish; the table below lists only the ingredients that set them apart. Ingredients common to every version (flour, salt, oil) are left out — they make no difference.

With potato base Dry, with cheese Home-style In breadcrumbs Karaköy Soft With bulgur With cheese With lemon With lor With mahlep With plums With spinach, half-moon
Ingredient With potato Dry, with cheese Home-style In breadcrumbs Karaköy Soft With bulgur With cheese With lemon With lor With mahlep With plums With spinach, half-moon
salt ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ — ✓
margarine ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ — ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ —
oil ✓ — — ✓ — ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ — — — ✓
yoghurt ✓ — ✓ ✓ — — ✓ ✓ ✓ — ✓ — —
baking powder ✓ — — ✓ ✓ — — — ✓ — ✓ — ✓
parsley — ✓ ✓ — — — ✓ ✓ — ✓ — — —
white cheese (feta-style) — ✓ ✓ — ✓ — — ✓ — — — — ✓
yeast — — — — — ✓ ✓ — — ✓ — ✓ —
milk — — — — — ✓ — — — ✓ — ✓ —
sesame seeds — — — — — — ✓ — ✓ — ✓ — —
sugar — — — — — — — — — ✓ ✓ ✓ —
water — ✓ — — ✓ — — — — — — — ✓
bicarbonate of soda — — ✓ — — — — ✓ — — — — —
black pepper — — — ✓ — — ✓ — — — — — —
breadcrumbs ✓ — — ✓ — — — — — — — — —
lemon juice — — ✓ — — — — — ✓ — — — —
mahlep — — — — — — — — ✓ — ✓ — —
nigella seeds — — — — — — — ✓ — — — — ✓
olive oil — — — — ✓ — — — — — — — ✓
onion ✓ — — — — — ✓ — — — — — —
pepper — — — ✓ — — ✓ — — — — — —
potato ✓ — — ✓ — — — — — — — — —
vanilla ✓ — — — — — — — — — — ✓ —
bulgur — — — — — — ✓ — — — — — —
cinnamon — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ —
damson plums — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ —
dill — — ✓ — — — — — — — — — —
lor (curd cheese) — — — — — — — — — ✓ — — —
minced meat — — — — — — ✓ — — — — — —
raspberry liqueur — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ —
spinach — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓
vinegar — — — — ✓ — — — — — — — —
walnuts — — — — — — ✓ — — — — — —

Dry, with cheese

serves 8 1 hr 20 min

A poğaça with a dry texture, made from an unleavened, fat-free dough kneaded with water and filled with cheese.

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Home-style

serves 16 1 hr 20 min

Yoghurt dough folded into half-moons and filled with white cheese, parsley and dill.

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In breadcrumbs

serves 14 1 hr 10 min

Poğaça made with a potato filling, dipped in egg yolk and then in breadcrumbs.

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Karaköy

serves 12 1 hr

The classic Karaköy poğaça, raised with vinegar and baking powder and filled with white cheese.

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Soft

serves 12 1 hr 5 min

The basic yeasted poğaça dough; what goes inside is up to you. Baked without being dried out in the oven.

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With bulgur

serves 14 1 hr 30 min

A filling poğaça in which a yeasted dough is stuffed with minced meat, bulgur and walnuts.

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With cheese

serves 14 1 hr 45 min

Poğaça whose dough rests in the fridge for an hour, filled with white cheese and parsley.

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With lemon

serves 16 45 min

A thin poğaça cut out with pastry cutters, flavoured with mahlep and lemon. Baked in twenty minutes.

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With lor

serves 12 1 hr 10 min

A soft yeasted dough filled with sweet lor cheese and parsley.

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With mahlep

serves 12 45 min

A plain poğaça with no filling, scented with mahlep. Served warm.

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With plums

serves 12 1 hr 30 min

A sweet poğaça in which a yeasted dough is rolled up with damson plums and raspberry liqueur.

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With spinach, half-moon

serves 10 1 hr 20 min

An unleavened olive oil dough cut into rounds, closed into half-moons over a filling of spinach and white cheese, and baked with nigella seeds on top.

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