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Poğaça (Turkish Buns)

Asia › Turkey
serves 8 1 hr 20 min Medium 13 versions
Meat-free Vegetarian Baked
Poğaça tarifi
Başak · CC BY-SA 2.0

Dry Poğaça with Cheese

One of 13 versions of Poğaça (Turkish Buns). The table below shows how their ingredients differ.

Ingredients

Servings 8 people
  • 2 water glass (200 ml) flour
  • 5 tablespoon margarine
  • 5 tablespoon cold water
  • 2 piece egg yolk
  • 1 piece egg white
  • half bunch parsley
  • 150 gram white cheese
  • 1 teaspoon salt

How to make it

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  1. Open a well in the middle of the flour.
  2. Add the egg yolks, the margarine, the salt and 5 tablespoons of cold water a little at a time, and make a dough.
  3. Rub the dough down with both hands and roll it into a ball.
  4. Stretch it out to about 30 centimetres, then cut it into 8 equal pieces.
  5. Roll each piece into a ball first, then press it flat.
  6. Line them up on a lightly floured tray.
  7. Cover them with a slightly damp cloth and let them rest for half an hour.
  8. Take them one by one and flour them lightly top and bottom.
  9. Press each piece of dough with your palm into a round the size of a tea glass.
  10. Mash the white cheese with a fork and mix in the egg white and the chopped parsley.
  11. Put some of this mixture in the middle of each piece of dough.
  12. Fold one end of the dough over the filling, bring it together with the other end and press the ends to each other.
  13. Put them on a lightly greased baking tray.
  14. Brush egg yolk over them with a brush.
  15. Bake in a moderate oven for 30 minutes and serve.
    30 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 — — — — — — ✓ — — — — — —

With potato

serves 6 55 min

A soft yoghurt dough filled with boiled potato. Coated in breadcrumbs and baked.

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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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