Sucuklu Pide (Turkish Bread with Spicy Sausage)

Sucuklu Pide is a crispy and delicious Turkish bread topped with spicy "sucuk" and melty & stretchy "kasar cheese". Same as Cheese Pide with Mushrooms and Kiymali Pide, Sucuk Pide is one of the most popular snacks in Turkey. And the good news is that you can easily make your own pide at home and impress your family with this simple recipe.

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• Why This Recipe Works?
• Ingredients and Substitutes
• Step-by-Step Instructions
• Related Recipes
• Top Tip From the Chef
• Sucuklu Pide (Turkish Bread with Spicy Sausage)

This homemade Turkish pide bread is typically topped with spicy sausages and stringy cheese but you can crack an egg or two over towards the end of baking for extra flavour. It's perfect for dipping the crusty edges into.

Why This Recipe Works?

• This crusty Turkish pide (or Turkish pizza) is very easy to make with step-by-step pictures and instructions.

• This pide recipe only requires a few basic ingredients.

• It only takes 20 minutes to prepare and cook these scrumptious pides (plus 1 hour rising the pide dough).

• It's versatile, you can use any stringy cheese or spicy sausages you have in hand.

• You can serve sucuk pide for brunch, lunch or dinner as well as a snack.

Ingredients and Substitutes

• Strong white flour - It is also known as strong bread flour. It is made from hard wheat varieties and contains more gluten than other types of flour. It gives some elasticity to the dough and helps it to rise with a good structure.

• Yeast - Use fast-action dried yeast or alternatively fresh yeast if you prefer. You need to double the amount if using fresh yeast.

• Eggs - They are optional but strongly advised!

• Sucuk - Or Sujuk is a dry-cured, spicy and fermented sausage made with mainly beef meat and fat and sometimes with lamb or horse meat. It is widely used in Turkey, especially for breakfast. It is also consumed in several Balkan, Middle Eastern and Central Asian cuisines. You can substitute it with chorizo, merguez, salami or pepperoni. You can buy sucuk from Turkish or Middle Eastern shops as well as from Amazon.

• Kasar cheese - It is a semi-hard yellow cheese that is similar to cheddar but much milder and is made by sheep milk. It is widely used in Turkey for pastries and general cooking. You can replace kasar with mozzarella, gouda, cheddar or any other semi-hard cheese you like. You can find Kasar cheese from Turkish or Middle Eastern shops as well as from Amazon.

• Butter - It adds shine to the pastry as well as flavour. You can substitute it with olive oil.

Step-by-Step Instructions

Making your own homemade Sucuklu Pide (Turkish Bread with Spicy Sausages) might sound daunting but it is fairly simple to make if you follow a few simple steps:

Prepare the pide dough

Sift the flour in a bowl then add the yeast and warm water. Mix until combined and then add the salt to the bowl. Gently mix with your fingers to form a dough, it will be sticky at that stage. Transfer the dough to a lightly floured surface and then knead it for 4-5 minutes or until it doesn't stick to your hands anymore.

You can use a bit of extra flour if needed but not too much. It should feel soft and elastic at that stage. Turn the dough into a ball and then return it to the bowl. Cover with a cling film or clean kitchen cloth and let it rise for an hour until it doubles the size up.

Shape the Pide

Preheat the oven to 220°C (fan oven). Grate the Kasar cheese and thinly slice the sucuk. Divide the dough into 4 equal pieces (approx 160 grams each) and then place them on a lightly floured surface. Cover with cling film or a damp kitchen cloth and then let it rest for another 10 minutes. Roll one of the dough balls into an oval shape 15 cm x 35 cm (about 6”x13”) in size and ½ cm (0.2”) in thickness.

Spread ¼ of the grated Kasar cheese evenly over the dough and then top it with ¼ of the sliced sucuk, leaving a 1 ½ cm border at the edges. Fold the border over the filling and then pinch the top and bottom end together.

Repeat the same for the remaining 3 dough balls. Line 2 large baking trays with baking paper and then gently transfer 2 pides on each tray. When the oven is hot enough, place the trays in the oven and cook for 10 minutes or until the filling is cooked and the pastry is lightly browned. When the pides are ready, generously brush the crust with butter and then slice them before serving.

You can watch the video tutorial here if you need more detailed instructions about how to make the pide dough and roll it out.

Related Recipes

For more scrumptious bread recipes why not try:

• Tawa Naan with Garlic

• Simit (Turkish Sesame Bagel)

• Homemade Turkish Lahmacun

• Cheese Pide with Mushrooms

• Pide Turkish (Kiymali Pide)

• Gozleme (Turkish Pancakes)

• Homemade Toast Bread

• Homemade Pita Bread

• Bazlama (Turkish Bread)

• Pitka Bread (Koledna Pitka)

• Pogaca (Turkish Cheese Buns)

• Turkish Pide Bread (Ramazan Pidesi)

Top Tip From the Chef

Sucuk and kasar cheese are two fatty ingredients, therefore you need to make sure the oven is red hot before you place the pides in the oven. Otherwise, you might end up with greasy and floppy pides.

I hope you enjoy the process of making this Sucuklu&Kasarli pide breads as much as you enjoy eating them! 🙂

Bon appétit! / Afiyet Olsun!

Food safety

• Cook to a minimum temperature of 165 °F (74 °C)
• Don't leave food sitting out at room temperature for extended periods
• Never leave cooking food unattended
• Use oils with high smoking point to avoid harmful compounds
• Always have good ventilation when using a gas stove

See more guidelines at USDA.gov.

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