Turkish White Bread

Preface

1. Turkish bakers are rarely found in my area – but if you don’t ask – stay stupid! Since I’m not stupid :), I tickled this recipe out of a dear Turkish restaurateur on one occasion. Man I was happy – because I ate this bread on mass years ago on vacation. Now I can do it myself 🙂 Thanks to my Turkish friend !!! He told me that with a pre-dough that ripens overnight or even over several days, a really top-notch result is guaranteed. To the best of my knowledge, all breads are called “Ekmek” in Turkish! This recipe is very easy to bake. Why did I manage it – and I’m not a bread specialist.

Pre-dough

1. Mix the listed ingredients without lumps and prepare the day before. Now cover the dough at room temperature for 2 hours and then put it in the refrigerator (e.g. overnight).

Main dough

1. Get the pre-dough out of the cooler and let it warm up a bit to almost room temperature. If you want to speed up this process, you could easily put the dough in the oven for 10 minutes at 60 degrees. During this time they start mixing the ingredients for the main dough without forming lumps.
2. Then knead all the ingredients (starter and main dough) in the food processor for 15 minutes. Take the dough out of the bowl, shape it into a nice round shape and place in a large bowl. Cover and place in the refrigerator overnight. Take the dough out of the fridge in the morning and let it take to room temperature.
3. Now divide 4-6 equal parts and shape them into a round shape. After a resting time of 20-30 minutes, bring the dough pieces into the typical elongated shape with pointed ends and cook them in a floured linen cloth. This process takes 45 minutes. Now slowly preheat the oven to 230 °. Cut the dough pieces deep in the middle (but not too deep). Put plenty of water in a drip pan and slide it onto the bottom rail.
4. Now put the loaves in the oven (on the middle rack) and bake for 25 minutes until they are golden brown. After about 10 minutes, open the oven door to allow the remaining steam to escape. Depending on the degree of browning you want, take the bread out of the oven and let it cool on a wire rack.

Sweet greetings from “Grandma Spoon” aka Biggi ♥