PIZZA POCKETS / KIYMALI P: Grandmas savoury doughnuts for a vibrant morning

PIZZA POCKETS / KIYMALI P
Grandmas savoury doughnuts for a vibrant morning

Here is a crazy delicious, crispy, juicy, and very easy breakfast recipe for you. All you need is a pocket of frozen pizza dough or a fresh bread dough!
Fresh bread dough is very commonly available in Istanbul, at neighbourhood bakeries. In fact, every Istanbul household has quick recipes for fried or baked bread dough.
Stuffed or plain fried pizza pockets were the treats of family breakfasts, especially on the cherished weekends of my childhood!
Crispy, soft, and juicy;
These pockets make your morning peerless!
Recipe by @FAIRIESCUISINE

Ingredients
1 bag of pizza dough (or 1 bread dough)
For the filling:
300 g ground beef
1 shallot
2 tbsp salt
1 tbsp ground black pepper
For frying:
3 cups grapeseed oil (or fine vegetable oil)

Directions
THE FILLING
Skin and finely grate the shallot
Mix the grated shallot with 2 tbsp of salt, 1 tsp of black pepper, and 300 g of ground beef
Knead the ingredients to achieve a soft and homogenous filling
Set aside

PREPARATION
Prepare the rest of the breakfast dishes and drinks first, since pizza pockets are best served fresh!
Pour 1 cup of water in a small bowl
Cover a sieve with 1-2 layers of paper towel
Place the dough on a large plate
(!) if the dough is frozen, thaw it in the fridge for 1 night then rise for 1-2 hours at room temperature.
Pour 3 cups of oil into a deep-frying pan and heat the oil on the medium-high setting.

SHAPING
Lightly wet your fingers with water
Take a walnut-sized dough, form a little pizza round. Place a tbsp od filling and carefully close the dough by sticking the edges together
Make sure filling is thoroughly covered with dough for easy cooking:
1. Keep the filling in the center of the dough, so the edges stick well!
2. Do NOT leave holes in the dough!
3. Before submerging them into oil, rest for 1-2 minutes. Any small holes will then become visible. Fix them before submerging in the oil!

COOKING
Once the oil is bubbling around the dough, submerge the pizza pockets slowly into it. Make sure each one has enough space in the oil. They will double in size and flip in the oil as they cook.
(!) Do not leave the pan unattended while the pizza pockets are cooking.
Place the golden-brown pockets on to the paper towel to drain excess oil. Continuously add new uncooked pizza pockets into the pan to maintain the heat of the oil. Empty pan means very hot oil! Your pockets might burn or hot oil may splatter dangerously!
Once the cooking is completed, transfer the pockets on to a serving plate and serve fresh.

SERVING
A glass of hot Turkish tea is one of my favourites for breakfast.
Stuffed or plain fried pizza pockets were the treats of family breakfasts, especially on the cherished weekends of my childhood!
Crispy, soft, and juicy;
These pockets make your morning peerless!
Some like them as is, some add feta, olive, or jam to enrich every bite!
I strongly recommend this very easy and tasty journey with your family.
Enjoy playing around with the dough for delicious new discoveries!
Simple and cozy!

Malzemeler:
1 paket pizza hamuru (ya da ekmek hamuru)

iin:
300 g dana kymas
1 kk soan
2 ay ka tuz
1 ay ka karabiber

kzartmak iin:
3 su barda ince bitkisel ya
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