Turkish Bread
Gluten free of course. I have borrowed this recipe and adjusted — it's great with a slice of cheese. The original calls for Turkish yoghurt and Peynir cheese. I use what I can get locally and easily. Fresh thyme to sprinkle over the bread.
Method
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Step 1
Heat the oven to 180 degrees. Line a 20 centimetre spring form tin with baking paper.
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Step 2
Whisk the eggs until creamy — approximately 3 minutes. Add the skyr, flour, salt, baking powder, olive oil and spices. Mix the dough together well. Pour half the dough mix into the tin.
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Step 3
Sprinkle the feta cheese and the chopped figs on top of the dough. Add 1/2 the chopped pistachios and pour the honey over in an equal stream. You can add a bit more honey if you like your bread sweeter.
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Step 4
Pour the rest of the dough on top of the filling. Cover, then top the bread with the rest of the chopped pistachios and decorate with the 2 sliced figs. At this point you can add another spoonful of honey. I think it becomes too sweet, but go right ahead. Sprinkle with 1 tsp of fresh thyme. Bake for 50 minutes in your oven — or until golden brown. For the last 10 minutes you can add additional feta cheese, honey and fresh figs. Leave for 10 minutes before serving. Slice into wedges and eat with your cheese board.
Good to know
You can use 150 g of oat flour instead of the 50 g of rice flour, mixed gluten free flour and corn flour. Oat flour is naturally gluten free, but easily gets contaminated. I get around this by using gluten free oats and my blender to make my own flour. The alternative works very well. You can add more feta, honey and fresh figs for the last 10 minutes of baking. It looks truly stunning if you do this, but I cannot always get fresh figs here.
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