One lesson regarding hydration was considering the feel or softness of ones ear Visiting Istanbul's great baker Gökhan Sokmen, he advised me to gauge hydration by the dough's softness, equating it with the texture of the touch of an earlobe. I remember him offering...
Having purchased some local sujuçk for breakfast (with eggs and tomato), I used the leftovers later with my dinner. Here's the scene in full!
Pide can be called Turkish pizza. Here's my sourdough version, enhanced with suçuk from the best producer in Astoria, along with an egg.
My first Lahmajoon, Armenian style, was eaten in Montreal at Chez Apo. What a simple and delicious treat. Lamacun (or lahmajoon) is something akin to a thin crust meat pizza. It's not puffy like Napoletano, and not a canoe shaped pide. It is comforting and...
Experimenting with pizza dough, I found it easy to transform into a Turkish pide. With a bit of suçuk and accoutrements of cheese, tomato,egg and onion, it was fit for a good lunch!
In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works -Naguib Mahfou, Egyptian novelist (Thanks to Jean-Philippe de Tonnac for posting these timely words by Naguib Mahfouz!) ...
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