I’ve been wanting to post a Turkish recipe in a long time. The Turkish cookbook that my friend gave to me as a gift years ago is still on the shelf, next to the countless other books and magazines filled with tempting recipes. But actually, why cook out of a book if I have a Turkish friend as the perfect source, right? Especially when she shares with me her family recipe. I immediately loved the idea of the cheese & olive filling! On top of that the smell of fresh baked bread with toasted sesame seeds.. So good! The only ingredient I changed is the cheese. I couldn’t find the Turkish white cheese, so I replaced it with feta.
As this recipe quantity is enough to fill two baking sheets, I turned out freezing most of them. And that turned out being very useful. Whenever I want a snack or something to take to work, all I need to do is take them out of the freezer in the morning, or if possible, bake them for a few minutes.
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Emine says
You did right with replacing the turkish white cheese with feta because the turkish white cheese is very similar to feta : this kind of cheeses is done through the Balkans, Greece and Turkey. The only thing is that Greeks have appropriate its name “feta” with a patent ; otherway the other countries have the same way of producing this cheeses but different names. I do recognize that “feta” is very easy to keep in mind rather than “beyaz peynir” for turkish white cheese. But keep in mind that because of this patented name, feta are often more expensive than their turkish cousins.
For the filling of the pogaca, turkish white cheese + dill is very common.
I love sesame seeds on the top too and I ad nigella seeds too : the combo of both sesame and nigella with the hot pogaca is unbelievably good.
mediterranealicious says
Thank you so much for the insights! I appreciate it! :)