I know it isn't even December yet but who else is excited for the holiday season? 🙋

You know, I went ahead and planned an elaborate agenda for the year end holidays. But recently, all my plans have been turned topsy turvy! I'm still going to enjoy the holidays, no question about that, but it is just going to be different than how I thought it was going to be! Fingers crossed that everything works out. More updates on that in the next few weeks 😊

I recently had the opportunity to attend a Turkish cooking class and I grabbed it! The Turkish pastry chef based in Gold Coast, Australia, taught us how to make a variety of Turkish favourites. One among them was this Turkish Pide with cheese and egg. The class was wonderful and I was inspired to try everything ASAP!

I made a few minor modifications to the recipe to suit my preferences. Although slightly time consuming, the process was fairly easy and the pide that came out of the oven looked and smelled so good that everyone dived into it right away! I loved the flavours and texture of the bread, egg & cheese in every bite. Those nigella seeds were a great addition! I also sprinkled a bit of sumac which just brightened up the flavour. 

This recipe yields 8 fairly large pide. If you want a variation, you can make the same quantity of dough but make only half the amount of cheese filling. You can then make 4 pide and use the rest of the dough to make 4 gözleme (flatbreads filled with spinach, feta & onion). That is what I did and we enjoyed both the pide and gözleme equally. 

I hope you like and try this recipe. You can consider making it for your upcoming Christmas or New Year party spread!