Description
Gozleme is a traditional Turkish street food. Any number of fillings can be used such as pan-fried mushrooms with chevre cheese, Nutella®, and bananas or sauteed apple slices with caramel.
Ingredients
- 11 ounces Greek yogurt
- 1 pinch salt
- 3 cups self-rising flour
- 1 drizzle extra-virgin olive oil
- ¾ (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- 9 ounces grated halloumi cheese
- 2 medium scallions, finely chopped
- ½ teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1 tablespoon salted butter, melted
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 medium lemon, cut into wedges
Instructions
- Place yogurt in a large bowl and stir in salt. Gradually add flour
- a few tablespoons at a time
- until you have a stiff dough. Turn dough out onto a floured work surface and knead with your hands until soft and slightly tacky. Place the dough in a lightly floured bowl
- cover with a clean tea towel
- and allow to stand for at least 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile
- warm a frying pan over medium heat. Add a drizzle of oil
- then add spinach
- garlic
- salt
- and pepper. Cook and stir
- about 5 minutes. Take off of the heat and allow to cool
- about 10 minutes. Stir in halloumi
- scallions
- and Italian seasoning.
- Divide the dough into 4 equal balls. Roll out each ball into a 10- to 12-inch circle on a floured surface. Place some spinach filling on one side of each circle and fold the dough over. Seal the edges with a fork.
- Heat a large frying pan over medium-low heat. Combine melted butter and 1 tablespoon oil in a bowl
- and brush onto both sides of the gozleme. Cook each gozleme in the hot pan until golden
- 3 to 5 minutes per side.
- Cut each gozleme into 4 slices and finish with several squeezes of lemon juice.
Prep Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins
Servings: 4