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Poğaça (Turkish Buns)

Asia › Turkey
serves 12 1 hr Easy 13 versions
Meat-free Vegetarian Baked
Poğaça tarifi
Başak · CC BY-SA 2.0

Karaköy Poğaçası

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

Ingredients

Servings 12 people
  • 4 water glass (200 ml) flour
  • 250 gram margarine
  • 1 tea glass (100 ml) olive oil
  • 1 tea glass (100 ml) lukewarm water
  • 1 piece egg · the white for the dough, the yolk for the top
  • 1 tablespoon tuz otu (salt herb)
  • 1 tablespoon vinegar
  • 1 packet baking powder
  • 250 gram white cheese

How to make it

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  1. Put the softened margarine, the lukewarm water, the egg white, the olive oil, the vinegar and the tuz otu in a mixing bowl and stir them together well.
  2. Add the baking powder and the flour little by little and knead a dough as soft as an earlobe.
  3. Shape the dough into lemon-sized balls.
  4. Mash the cheese with a fork.
  5. Open the dough out in your hand, put in a spoonful of cheese and close it.
  6. Arrange them on a greased tray.
  7. Brush with egg yolk and bake in an oven preheated to 180 degrees until they are pink and golden.
Tips

If you cannot find tuz otu, you can replace it with 1 teaspoon of salt.

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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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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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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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