Mozzarella and Basil Gozleme (With Salad)
"Recently experienced for the first time a chicken gozleme at a local turkish cafe (just opened0 and when I saw this recipe in Recipe+ (done on Ready, Steady, Cook) just knew I had to submit as a basis for future gozleme creations."
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
-
4 gozlemes
- Serves:
- 4
ingredients
- 2 cups self-raising flour
- 1 cup olive oil
- 400 g mozzarella cheese (cut into 8 slices)
- 1⁄3 cup basil leaves (torn)
- 1 tablespoon basil leaves (shredded)
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Salad
- 2 tomatoes (medium finely chopped)
- 1 red onion (small thinly sliced)
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To Serve
- 1 lemon (cut into wedges to serve)
directions
- Place flour, 1/3 cup of the oil and a pinch of salt in a large bowl and stir in 2/3 cup water to make a soft sticky dough.
- Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and shape the dough into a ball and then divide dough into 4 equal portions.
- For each gozleme, use a floured rolling pin to roll dough out to a 20cm round and then place 2 slices mozzarella on half the dough and top with 1 tablespoon basil.
- Fold the dough over to enclose filling and form a semi circle, pressing edges to seal.
- Repeat to make other 3.
- Heat 1/3 cup of remaining oil in a small frying pan over moderate heat and cook gozlemes, one by one, for 2 minutes each side or until golden and cooked (reheat and top up oil between batches if necessary, this was the recipe direction but can't see why you could not use a larger frypan and cook 2 at a time (you may need extra oil to cover surface though).
- Drain on paper towels.
- Combine tomato, onion and extra shredded basil in a medium bowl and stir in remaining oil and season with salt and pepper.
- Serve gozleme with tomato salad and lemon wedges.
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I'mPat
Australia
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