Ekmek (Turkish Flatbread) with Baba Ghanoush
King Arthur Test Kitchen · kingarthurbaking.com · Original
Flatbreadinferred from the title
DietVegetarian. Not vegan: honey, egg beaten with 1 tablespoon water. Reviewed: egg wash; honey.
Against 5,130 pizza recipes
Flatbread style, 62% hydration: drier than 68% of the 1,480 doughs that parse, baked at 375°F, hotter than 10% of recipes that state an oven.
Flatbread (Generic): flatbread-only titles: a topped bread with no pizza claim (naan, lavash, grilled flatbread, restaurant 'flatbread')
Tradition: 400 to 500°F bake (this recipe: 375°F)
Baker's percentages
Every ingredient as a percentage of the flour weight (flour = 100%), the way bakers compare doughs across batch sizes.
Flour
390g
Water
242g
Hydration
62.0%
Salt
3.5%
Yeast
1.54%
Oil
15.4%
Sauce
n/a
Cheese
n/a
Dough weight
755g
Process
Bake temp
375°F / 191°C
Bake time
20 to 25 min
Oven
home standard
Surface
stone
Bulk
2h
Ingredients (7)
- flourKing Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour3 1/4 cup · 390g
- sugarhoney2 tbsp · 43g
- salttable salt1 1/2 tsp · 9g
- yeastinstant yeast2 tsp · 6g
- oilolive oil3 tbsp · 35g
- waterwater1 cup · 227g
- water1 large egg beaten with 1 tablespoon water1 tbsp · 15g
Toppings (5)
Position matters: under the cheese steams, over the cheese roasts, post-bake stays fresh.
- over cheesesesame or poppy seeds2 tbsp · 18g
- over cheese1 large eggplant
- over cheesearlic cloves
- over cheesetahini1/4 cup · 64g
- over cheeselemon juice1/4 cup · 57g
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