Make our basic pide dough and then choose which topping you would like on it. For a pide party, quadruple the dough and make all four toppings.
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Ingredients
Basic pide dough
Egg & cheese
Lamb & tomato
Spinach & fetta
Pumpkin & fetta
Method
Basic pide
1.Combine yeast, sugar, milk and the water in a jug; stand in a warm place until mixture is frothy.
2.Place ½ cup flour in a bowl; whisk in yeast mixture. Cover; stand in a warm place for 1 hour or until the mixture becomes a little more frothy.
3.Stir remaining flour and salt into yeast mixture with oil. Knead dough on a floured surface until smooth. Place in an oiled bowl, cover; stand in a warm place for 1 hour.
4.Divide dough into 3 pieces; roll each piece into a 12cm x 30cm rectangle. Choose a topping; cook as directed.
Egg & cheese
5.Preheat oven to 240°C/475°F. Heat oven trays in oven for 3 minutes. Place pide dough pieces on hot trays; bake for 5 minutes. Remove from oven and press centre of pide down to flatten.
6.Whisk eggs, cheese and onion in a large jug. Pour into depression in pide. Bake 10 minutes or until set. Serve with lemon wedges and extra green onion.
Lamb & tomato
7.Preheat oven to 240°C.
8.Heat oil in a pan; cook onion and garlic. Add lamb and spices; cook, stirring, until meat is browned. Stir in coriander; cool.
9.Spread filling across centre of each piece of pide dough, leaving a 2cm (¾-inch) border.
10.Heat oven trays for 3 minutes, place pide on trays; bake for 10 minutes. Top with tomato. Serve topped with extra coriander sprigs, if you like.
Spinach & fetta
11.Preheat oven to 240°C.
12.Boil, steam or microwave spinach until wilted. Cool under cold running water, drain then squeeze out excess water; shred spinach finely.
13.Combine spinach and cheeses in a medium bowl. Spread filling across centre of each piece of pide dough, leaving a 2cm border.
14.Heat oven trays for 3 minutes, place pide on trays; bake for
15 minutes.
Pumpkin & fetta
15.Preheat oven to 240°C.
16.Boil, steam or microwave pumpkin until tender; drain, cool.
17.Combine pumpkin and cheeses in a bowl. Spread filling across centre of each piece of pide dough, leaving a 2cm border.
18.Heat oven trays for 3 minutes, place pide on trays; bake for 15 minutes. Serve topped with parsley.
