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# Lorlu Pide
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/lorlu-pide/
- Published: 2026-05-17T04:33:53.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-26T12:44:49.000Z
- Description: Lor cheese pide; fresh curd cheese.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: Turkey, Flatbreads, Pide, #auto-imported

**🇹🇷 Turkey** · Family: [Pide](https://onesandwich.com/tag/pide/) · Heat: Baked · Bread: pide

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Ingredients

pide · lor cheese · egg · parsley

*Lorlu pide* is the open boat-shaped Turkish flatbread baked with a filling of *lor*, a soft fresh whey curd. *Pide* is leavened dough shaped into a long oval, the edges rolled up to form a rim, topped, and baked hot until the base is crisp and the crust is set. The *lorlu* version keeps the topping simple and dairy-forward: mild, lightly tangy curd rather than meat or strong cheese. Its angle is restraint, a clean cheese-bread that lets the dough and the fresh curd carry the whole thing. It is a national format, found wherever *pide* ovens are.

The build follows the standard *pide* order with a curd-specific catch. A risen dough is shaped into the long oval and the sides are pulled up and pinched into a defining rim that holds the filling. The *lor* is spread across the base, usually loosened and seasoned first with salt and often herbs or egg so it sets rather than weeps in the oven. The tips are pinched to seal the boat, and it goes onto a hot stone or floor until the underside is crisp and the rim is browned. Many bakers brush the crust with butter as it comes out. Good *lorlu pide* has a base that is crisp and structural, a rim that is browned and chewy, and curd that bakes into a soft set rather than a watery pool. Sloppy versions underbake so the bottom stays pale and bends under the topping, spread the *lor* too wet so it weeps and steams the crust, or overload the boat until it cannot cook through.

How it shifts depends on what joins the curd. An egg cracked into the center is common, baking into a soft yolk that runs when cut; a scatter of herbs, a second cheese for sharpness, or a little kaşar for stretch and color all change the register without changing the form. The same curd shows up rolled cold into thin bread and folded into griddled pastry, and those forms each deserve their own article rather than being crowded in here. What stays fixed in *lorlu pide* is the balance: a crisp baked boat carrying a soft, mild, just-set cheese.

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