Spiced Butter Flatbread

vegetarian starter turkish beginner fast mezze
⏱ 5 min ✋ 5 min active 🍽 4

Turkish-inspired

Ingredients

  • 2–3 Turkish flatbreads (from Green Lanes)
  • Knob of butter or EVOO
  • Pinch of pul biber
  • Pinch of cumin
  • Pinch of salt

Method

  1. Melt butter or EVOO with pul biber + cumin + salt
  2. Brush over flatbread generously
  3. Under grill or in dry pan for 2–3 mins until bubbling and slightly charred at edges
  4. Cut into strips, serve immediately

Key Details

  • Serve immediately, it loses its magic after a few minutes
  • The Turkish answer to garlic bread, and it’s better
  • The pul biber in fat blooms and becomes fragrant, don’t skip

Variations

  • Add a smashed garlic clove to the melting butter for a garlic version
  • Za’atar brushed on instead of the spice butter, simpler, equally good
  • Finish with a pinch of sumac after grilling for brightness

Pairs well with

  • Dressed hummus (the natural partner)
  • Confit chillies in oil (mop up the oil)
  • Any mezze spread as the base
  • Alongside any soup or braise for mopping

Notes & learnings

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