Spinach & Cheese Gozleme

Crispy, golden Turkish flatbread stuffed with Spinach and Feta cheese. It’s one of my favourite flat bread recipe. Easy 3 ingredient dough with no yeast.

In Turkey Gozleme is traditionally eaten at breakfast or as a side/snack. It is actually so light and at the same time filling, this makes it ideal to consume at any time of the day.

How to Make Spinach & Cheese Gozleme

Spinach and Cheese Gozleme begins with 3 ingredient dough flour, olive oil and water. I prefer using a mixer ( no messy hands !!) but you can use your hands too. Add oil first and mix, gradually add water untill dough is formed. At this stage dough will be sticky. Allow it to rest for half an hour. Dust some flour on a clean surface and transfer the dough. Knead the dough until its smooth and palpable.

FILLING:

I used fresh spinach and went through effort of chopping it. You can use store bought baby spinach too. Its works completely fine and I have tried it as well. For cheese use any soft feta, Danish Feta would be the ideal choice. Some recipes use Mozzarella along with feta too. Its completely your choice if you like extra cheesy Gozleme.

ASSEMBLY:

Divide the dough into small parts and roll them. Using a rolling pin roll it into a thin flat bread. Add filling on half side and fold over. Seal the ends to ensure the filling doesn’t come out while cooking. Heat the cast iron pan and cook the Gozleme while oiling both sides.

Tips on making Gozleme

• Make sure the dough is smooth, soft and palpable.
• Don’t make big gozleme which is larger than your pan. It will also be difficult to handle when lifting and transferring to the pan.
• Try to roll the pastry thin as possible. Thin pastry = crispy Gozleme.
• Use heavy based pan preferably cast iron pan. Heat it up before cooking and then turn it medium low once you start cooking Gozleme. Cooking on low heat ensure evenly cooked golden crispy Gozleme.

Watch how to make Gozleme

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Spinach and Feta Gozleme

Crispy, golden Turkish flatbreads stuffed with Spinach and Feta cheese.

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Prep Time 30 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine turkish

Ingredients

  

Dough

• 3 cups Plain Flour
• ¼ cup Olive Oil
• ½ tsp Salt
• Water as Required

Filling

• 4 cups Chopped Spinach
• 200 g Feta Cheese See Notes
• ½ tsp Salt
• ½ tsp Paprika
• Oil for cooking

Instructions

 

• Add salt to flour along with oil. Using a mixer or hands mix. Add water gradually until dough forms. It will be a bit sticky at this stage.
• Cover with a cling and allow to rest for half an hour.
• While the dough is resting chop spinach and add crumbed feta along with salt and paprika
• Sprinkle the surface with flour, knead the dough for few minutes untill its smooth and palpable.
• Divide the dough into 4-6 equal parts. Roll it thinly into round or rectangle shape.
• Spread spinach on half of the pastry. Fold over the other half and seal the edges with finger. Press it with hand to get rid of the air pocket.
• Heat the pan untill hot and then turn the flame medium low. Carefully put the prepared gozleme on the pan. Sprinkle oil and turn untill golden crispy on both sides.
• Serve immediately.