Gözleme is a savory traditional Turkish handmade and hand rolled pastry. Fresh pastry is rolled out, filled and sealed, then cooked. Gözleme varieties include: Feta Cheese, Egg, Minced Meat, Cheese, Potatoes or Mushroom. This version is little different from the traditional Gözleme recipe.
We all have certain foods from our childhood that are extremely meaningful to us. This one is very special to me.
Whenever my grandma and my mom make homemade bread they ALWAYS would set aside some dough for Gözlemes. It is kind of faster and easier way of making them than the traditional way. Just roll the dough out, fry and top with your favorite toppings.
Make the dough night before and refrigerate overnight. Next morning just roll them up and fry.
You can make them from bread or pizza dough or just follow my recipe for an easy and quick dough:
Ingredients:
2.5 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. Active Dry Yeast
1 cup warm water
1egg
1 tsp. Sugar
1 Tbsp. vegetable oil
Feta cheese, Fruit jam or ground Cinnamon.
Oil (corn or vegetable) for frying.
Direction:
Making the dough:
The easiest way to do this is in stand mixer with a dough hook.
Place 1/2 cup of warm water in a cup or small bowl. Stir in sugar and yeast. Set aside until foamy, about 2-3 minutes.
Pour the remaining warm water into a mixing bowl. Add oil, salt, egg and yeast mixture; mix, add flour one cup at a time, mix well and knead until smooth for about 5-7 minutes. Cover with plastic and Let it rise for about 30-45 minutes. The dough should double its size.
Shape dough in to the log and make 2 inch balls and roll out/flatten them out into thin sheets (about 1/8 inch thick)
In a large heavy skillet or deep fryer, heat 1 inch of oil. You want to make sure it’s really hot – that’s what will turn these gözlemes into golden wonders.
Cook for about 1-2 minutes for each side. Use metal tongs to flip them and taking them out to onto paper towels to dry.
Sprinkle gözlemes with crumbled feta cheese while they were still warm.
These things are delicious!
As a slight variation, my kids enjoy them topped with jam or sprinkled with cinnamon. I’m sure you can think of some other topping ideas, too.
Enjoy!!!
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It reminds me of my childhood.great breakfast with the whole family!Thank you for bringing me back to that lovely time:)
Excellent dish! Gözleme remind me of our Uštipci, there are so many ways of filling them, either savory or sweet…Great way to start ones day! 🙂
Looks nice and easy…I shall try this!
I read Gozleme and simply had to come over to see what it was! It looks quite delicious and reminds me of fried dough of my childhood served up at the county fair. Love the idea of feta–perfect accoutrement. Thank you. How does one say thank you in Turkey?
WOW!! Looks amazing. You do different kinds of dessert. 🙂
Mmmm, these look so delicious 🙂 Love the stack in the last picture!
I didn’t know about this dessert but looks great! Yummy!!!
Holy moly. These look incredible! Must try this!
These look SO GOOD! I love all of the things they can go with from savory to sweet! I have to try them!
I love it with feta too, mmm, good. Thanks for sharing the recipe, I haven’t made them in a very-very long time!
The gozleme look great! I am sure they taste great too. Lovely post.
These look really good!