Chargrilled Turkish Bread Salad Recipes

TURKISH SALAD

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a bowl and chill for at least 1 hour before serving.

TRADITIONAL TURKISH SALAD

Steps:

• Chop the lettuce into bite-size pieces. Seed the peppers, remove the cores and cut the flesh into thin strips. Chop the cucumber and slice or chop the tomatoes. Cut the onion in half, then slice thinly.
• Place all chopped salad ingredients in a bowl and sprinkle the feta over the top and lightly toss together.
• For the dressing, blend together the olive oil, lemon juice and garlic in a small bowl. Stir in the parsley and mint and season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Pour the dressing over the salad, toss lightly and serve garnished with a handful of black olives.

HOMEMADE TURKISH BREAD

Steps:

• Mix the sponge ingredients, except the flour together and set aside until foamy, about 15 minutes.
• Add the flour and combine well.
• Cover with a tea-towel or loosely with plastic wrap and set aside overnight. Don't cover the sponge tightly because the air inside with become anoxic and the yeast will die.
• The following day, mix the second lot of yeast, water and honey/sugar together until foamy then add the remaining ingredients except the sesame seeds or nigella seeds and egg then knead until the dough is smooth and very elastic.
• Add more flour if the dough is too wet. It should be slightly damp but silky smooth. About 20 Minutes.
• Once the dough is the right consistency, ball up and place in an oiled bowl covered with a tea-towel or loosely with plastic wrap for 3+ hours or until the dough has doubled in size.
• Punch down the dough then kneed again for another 10 minutes or so.
• Divide into six pieces and roll out to the desired shape, quite thinly and put on a greased baking tray and put in a warm place for an hour or more until the dough has risen significantly.
• Pre-heat your oven to 250ºC.
• Brush with an egg wash and sprinkle over the sesame or nigella seeds.
• Bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes until the crush is golden.

TURKISH SALAD

Steps:

• Fry onions and garlic in olive oil, till soft.
• Add chopped bell peppers and cook, covered, for 10 minutes.
• Add the rest of the ingredients, except dill, and cook for about 15 minutes, stirring from time to time to prevent sticking.
• When ready, take off stove and mix in the chopped dill.
• Serve cold as a dip.

CHARGRILLED TURKISH BREAD SALAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200°C.
• Place the cream cheese on a lined baking tray and spray with oil and sprinkle with garlic, lemon rind and pepper and bake for 10 minutes until lightly browned.
• Allow to cool slightly.
• Cut each pice of bread diagonally into 3 slices and spray the bread with oil and chargrill (or grill/broil) until golden.
• Arrange the bread, rocket, avocado, tomatoes and baked cheese on a serving platter.
• Whisk together the vinegar, oil, sugar and seasonings and drizzle over the salad and serve immediately.