Flatbreads

Step into our Flatbread Sandwiches category - your passport to a culinary journey across cultures! Explore the world of sandwiches made with versatile flatbreads, such as the pocket-friendly Pita from the Middle East or the cheesy Quesadilla from Mexico. Learn how these breads, thin but packed with flavors, make for the perfect vessels for an array of fillings. Remember: whether it's enveloping a Gyro or getting toasted with cheese, flatbreads are the unsung heroes of the sandwich universe.

Ajwain Paratha

Carom seeds (ajwain) mixed into dough—digestive and aromatic.

Yumurtalı Pide

Egg pide; egg cracked into center before or after baking.

Yumurtalı Lahmacun

Lahmacun with egg cracked on top before baking.

Yumurtalı Gözleme

Egg gözleme; egg cracked inside while cooking.

Urfa Lahmacun

The Şanlıurfa reading of lahmacun: a broad, thin, onion-seasoned isot round baked crisp, then served under a pour of ayran and rolled by hand, leaner and milder than the chili-forward southern styles.

Trabzon Pidesi

Trabzon-style pide; Black Sea variation.

Trabzon Pidesi

Trabzon's local pide bread.

Tavuklu Pide

Chicken pide; diced or shredded chicken.

Tavuklu Gözleme

Chicken gözleme; shredded or diced chicken.

Tahinli Pekmezli Gözleme

Tahini and grape molasses gözleme; sweet traditional filling.

Sucuklu Yumurtalı Pide

Sucuk and egg pide; egg cracked on top.

Sucuklu Pide

Sucuk (spiced Turkish sausage) pide; cured beef sausage with garlic and spices.

Sucuklu Gözleme

A gözleme that drinks its filling: thin hand-rolled dough folded around spiced fermented sucuk and griddled on a sac, the sausage fat rendering into the bread so it tastes of garlic and cumin.

Samsun Pidesi

Samsun-style pide; regional variation.

Ramazan Pidesi

Ramadan special pide; softer, decorated, for iftar meals.

Pide

Boat-shaped Turkish flatbread with various toppings; thicker than lahmacun, with raised edges. Baked in wood-fired oven. Often called 'Tu...

Pide Ekmeği

Pide bread; boat-shaped or round, used as base or sandwich bread.

Peynirli Pide

Cheese pide; various cheeses—beyaz peynir (white cheese), lor (similar to ricotta).

Peynirli Gözleme

Cheese gözleme; white cheese (beyaz peynir) filling, most common variety.

Patatesli Pide

Potato pide; sliced or mashed potato.

Patatesli Gözleme

Potato gözleme; mashed or sliced potatoes with onions.

Pastırmalı Pide

Pastırma (cured, spiced beef—Turkish pastrami) pide; air-dried beef coated in çemen (fenugreek paste).

Pastırmalı Gözleme

The pastırmalı gözleme rouses the cure: fenugreek-crusted dry-cured beef warmed inside thin yufka on a saç until the çemen bleeds its spice into a layer of melting cheese.

Otlu Gözleme

The otlu gözleme is set by a forager's basket: wild alliums, mountain chervil and young greens sealed in a translucent yufka sheet and griddled on a saç until the herbs wilt dark and fragrant.