Turkish Bread Crostini Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200°C (400degF) then place bread, in a single layer, on 2 large baking trays.
• Combine oil, coriander, cumin, cardamom and salt and pepper in a bowl and brush both cut sides of bread with oil mixture.
• Bake bread for 10 minutes then turn and bake for another 10 minutes or until golden and crisp- set aside to cool then serve.

Steps:

• Mix the sponge ingredients, except the flour together and set aside until foamy, about 15 minutes.
• Add the flour and combine well.
• Cover with a tea-towel or loosely with plastic wrap and set aside overnight. Don't cover the sponge tightly because the air inside with become anoxic and the yeast will die.
• The following day, mix the second lot of yeast, water and honey/sugar together until foamy then add the remaining ingredients except the sesame seeds or nigella seeds and egg then knead until the dough is smooth and very elastic.
• Add more flour if the dough is too wet. It should be slightly damp but silky smooth. About 20 Minutes.
• Once the dough is the right consistency, ball up and place in an oiled bowl covered with a tea-towel or loosely with plastic wrap for 3+ hours or until the dough has doubled in size.
• Punch down the dough then kneed again for another 10 minutes or so.
• Divide into six pieces and roll out to the desired shape, quite thinly and put on a greased baking tray and put in a warm place for an hour or more until the dough has risen significantly.
• Pre-heat your oven to 250ºC.
• Brush with an egg wash and sprinkle over the sesame or nigella seeds.
• Bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes until the crush is golden.