Turkish Simit Pide | Flatbread With Cheese And Sesame ????

Recipe in Arabic in this link | الوصفة بالعربي على هذا الرابط

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Turkish Simit Pide | Flatbread With Cheese And Sesame ????

Simit Pide-

Simit Pide is an oval shaped flatbread stuffed with cheese and coated sesame. The word pide in Turkish means pizza.

Dough ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup water + 2 tbsp
1 tsp yeast
2 tsp sugar
1 tsp salt
3 tbsp milk powder

Filling:
1 cup shredded cheese
(Any type of cheese that you like)
Cream cheese (optional)
Green and red hot peppers

For coating:
3 tbsp molasses
Or barley malt or even
Date molasses
1 cup roasted sesame

Instructions:
- Make the dough and let rise until doubled in size (1-2 hours)
- Divide dough into 4-6 equal pieces
(If you want it thin and long 6 pieces)
- Cover and let rest for 5-10 minutes.
- Roll out the dough oval shape
- Fill in with cheese and close it well
- Press on it to flatten it out
- Dip it in with the molasses water
- Then coated it in with sesame
- Make a deep long slash
- Flatten it out a little bit
- Add in more creamer cheese if you want
- Top it with peppers
- Preheat oven to 450°F-230°C
- Bake for 10-12 minutes on the bottom rack then put it on the top rack for another 3-5 minutes or until golden brown

Serve it with a cup of tea.. and enjoy (: