Gözleme - Turkish spinach flatbread

✔️ Lactose-free

Gözleme is comfort food at it's finest. Thin, soft flatbread filled with a flavorful spinach filling and freshly baked in a pan. This Turkish spinach bread is perfect for Suhoor, Iftar or as a savory dish to share.

Ingredients

Dough

• 1200 g flour

• 7 g dry yeast

• 1 tsp salt

• 700 ml lukewarm oat milk

Filling

• 450 g spinach

• 2 tomatoes

• 1 onion

• 2 tsp salt

• 2 tsp paprika powder

• Sambal - amount to taste

• 20 ml sunflower oil

Instructions

1. Heat the milk in a saucepan until lukewarm and set aside.

2. In a large bowl, combine the flour, yeast and salt. Make sure the yeast and salt do not touch directly.

3. Add the milk and knead until a smooth dough forms.

4. Divide the dough into 8-10 balls, cover and let it rise for 30 minutes to 1 hour in a warm place.

5. Roughly chop the spinach and place it in a large bowl.

6. Finely chop the tomatoes and onion and add them to the spinach together with the salt, paprika powder, sambal and sunflower oil. Mix well.

7. Heat a cast iron pan over medium heat.

8. Lghtly flour your work surface and roll out a dough ball into a thin circle.

9. Spread the spinach filling over one half of the dough. Fold the other half over the filling and press the edges firmly to seal.

10. Bake the Gözleme in the hot pan until golden and cooked on both sides. Repeat until all dough balls are used.

Tip: Brush the Gözleme with melted butter immediately after baking for extra softness. You can also add feta cheese to the filling for extra flavor.