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🍽️ Fluffy Turkish Cheese Pretzels

360 kcal · 80 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 packet fresh yeast
• 200 ml water, lukewarm
• 80 ml milk, lukewarm
• 200 g plain yogurt
• 1 tbsp heaped sugar
• 700 g flour (up to 850 g)
• 1 packet baking powder
• 100 ml vegetable oil (neutral)
• 1 tbsp level salt
• 200 g feta cheese
• 1 bunch parsley (flat)
• 2 egg yolks
• 2 ml milk
• sesame
• black cumin

Instructions

1. 1. Dissolve the dry yeast in the lukewarm water.
2. 2. Stir in the lukewarm milk, natural yogurt, and sugar.
3. 3. Mix the flour with the baking powder.
4. 4. Add the flour mixture gradually to the liquid.
5. 5. Knead everything well, either by hand or in a food processor.
6. 6. Add the oil and salt when half of the flour has been incorporated.
7. 7. Knead in the remaining flour until a smooth, slightly sticky dough forms.
8. 8. Cover the dough and let it rise.
9. 9. Grate the feta cheese during the rising time.
10. 10. Roughly chop the flat-leaf parsley.
11. 11. Mix the cheese and parsley ingredients together.
12. 12. Divide the dough into equal-sized balls after rising.
13. 13. Shape the balls by lightly greasing your hands with oil.
14. 14. Let the dough pieces rest for 15 minutes to relax.
15. 15. Cover the dough pieces with plastic wrap to prevent them from drying out.
16. 16. Roll the dough balls into ovals after resting.
17. 17. Cut the dough ovals about halfway across.
18. 18. Fill the uncut side with the cheese-parsley mixture.
19. 19. Roll up the dough pouch.
20. 20. Shape the pogaca either like a horn or like a snail.
21. 21. Place the dough pieces on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
22. 22. Brush the pogaca with the egg yolk and milk mixture.
23. 23. Sprinkle the pogaca with sesame seeds and black cumin.
24. 24. Preheat the oven to 165 degrees Celsius with top and bottom heat.
25. 25. Bake the pogaca for 20 to 22 minutes until golden brown.
26. 26. Let the finished pogaca cool for about 10 minutes.
27. 27. This recipe yields 12 to 14 pieces.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 360
• Protein: 12 g · Fett/Fat: 19 g · Carbs: 37 g