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Poğaça (Turkish Buns)

Asia › Turkey
serves 14 1 hr 10 min Easy 13 versions
Meat-free Vegetarian Baked
Poğaça tarifi
Başak · CC BY-SA 2.0

Poğaça in Breadcrumbs

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

Ingredients

Servings 14 people
  • For the dough
  • 5 water glass (200 ml) flour
  • 1 packet margarine
  • 1 tea glass (100 ml) oil
  • 1 tea glass (100 ml) yoghurt
  • 1 piece egg white
  • 1 packet baking powder
  • 1 dessert spoon salt
  • For the filling
  • 3 piece potato
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon red pepper
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • For the top
  • 1 piece egg yolk
  • 1 water glass (200 ml) breadcrumbs

How to make it

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  1. Boil the potatoes, peel them and mash them with a fork.
  2. Add salt, black pepper and red pepper to make the filling.
  3. Mix the margarine, the sunflower oil, the yoghurt, the egg white, the baking powder, the flour and the salt into a dough as soft as an earlobe.
  4. Divide it into egg-sized pieces and roll them into balls.
  5. Open each piece out in your hand, put the potato mixture inside and close it.
  6. Pattern the edges with the help of a fork.
  7. Brush beaten egg yolk over them and dip them in breadcrumbs.
  8. Arrange them on a greased baking tray and bake in a moderate oven.
Tips

Brush the egg yolk and the breadcrumbs onto the TOP of the poğaça only; coated all over, they stick to the tray.

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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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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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