Pide

Tavuklu Pide

Tavuklu pide is the light, mild boat on the Turkish pide board: lean fresh chicken, peppers and kaşar on a long pinched trough, baked fast so the base sets before the bird can weep its water into it.

Sucuklu Pide

Sucuklu pide is the open Turkish boat: a pinched, rimmed flatbread baked uncovered in a wood oven so the garlicky sucuk crisps on top and renders its fat straight down into the crust.

Pide

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

Peynirli Pide

Peynirli pide is the cheese build of Turkey's boat-shaped bread: a dough oval pinched into walls, a beyaz-and-lor curd between salt and bland, the crust torn off in strips. A Black Sea form.

Patatesli Pide

Patatesli pide is the meatless, low-cost member of the pide family: spiced boiled potato spread down a baked dough boat, where the seasoning of the potato is the whole flavour and the bake the rest.

Pastırmalı Pide

Pastırmalı pide tops the open boat with pastırma, Kayseri's air-dried beef sheathed in a çemen crust of fenugreek and garlic. The oven only warms the spice paste until it blooms over melted kaşar.

Kavurmalı Pide

A boat of Turkish pide loaded with kavurma, a slow-braised meat preserved under its own fat. The oven does not cook the filling, only wakes it, crisping the fat-sealed shreds back to life.

Kapalı Pide

Kapalı means closed. The dough is crimped fully over the filling and sealed, so the bake traps steam and the meat cooks moist against the bread. The covered form of Turkish pide.