Tahini Bread
April 17th, 2005
This is one of the breads that I sometimes long for. Not sure if I can ever find it made in a bakery in US, but this is one of the goods that one can find in nearly every bakery in Turkey.
Sweet and rich, it is very filling and needless to say very tasty.
Somehow I thought I could never make it at home, and never even bothered to search for a recipe. Recently someone (thanks Mihri!) posted a recipe on a cooking forum that I belong to and the recipe looked relatively easier that I expected. Tried out one night, and had to make another batch in 2 days! Yes, they are really good, especially if there is someone in your house that likes both sweet and bread. :)
I have to warn you; you might end up making a mess in the kitchen since the tahini and olive oil mix will be *very* greasy. Get everything ready and make sure you have a paper towel next to you in case you need to grab something.
What you need:
Bread
- 4 cups flour, sifted
- 1 cup milk
- 2 1/4 tsp (1 envelope, 7 gr) yeast
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 1 Tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup or less water
- 1 egg, for glaze
Filling
- 1/2 cup tahini
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1 cup powdered sugar (more or less, depending on how sweet you like it)
Makes 8 breads
Directions
- Heat the milk and water, to 120 - 130F
- Mix with flour, sugar, yeast, olive oil and salt to make a smooth, elastic and not sticky dough. If needed add more flour
- Cover with a damp cloth and let it rest for 10 - 15 minutes. It will not rise like other breads, do not panic. It might be a good time to make the filling while it is resting
- Divide the dough into 12 pieces, lightly grease them with olive oil so they do not dry out and make it east to roll
- Take three of the pieces and roll them (individually) very thin, about 1/8 of inch or so. Mine were never perfect rounds, no worries you do not need that perfect shapes in this bread
- Put tahini mix between these pieces and stretch the layered dough mix by hand to make it longer, thinner.
- Divide into two by cutting lengthwise
- Roll one of the pieces to make a long stringlike dough.
- Roll it like a spiral to give it a swirl. Put onto a lightly greased baking pan, push down with your palm to make it flatter.
- Congratulations: One of the pieces are done! Now do the same steps for the rest of the 9 pieces to make 8 breads total
- Brush them with egg & water mix, and put some sesame seeds for decoration
- Bake in a 325F oven for 25 - 30 mins, until they are light brown
Bon Apetit!
April 17th, 2005 at 11:07 pm
Sevgili Fethiye,
Siten nefis. Ben “Hayattan tatlar” dan ve “yemek ve bizden” Sevgi A.
İlk baktığımda Türkçe sayfa da bulmuştum,şimdi göremiyorum,acaba benim beceriksizliğim mi? Sana başarılar dilerim.
April 17th, 2005 at 11:12 pm
Merhaba Sevgi; guzel sozlerin icin tesekkurler! Sitedeki butun tarifleri iki dilde de yazmaya calisiyorum. Her tarifin basinda “turkce” ve “english” baglantisi olmalI (bunlardan biri yoksa, daha o dildeki tarifi eklemedim demektir ;)) Bunlari demekle birlikte, olur da gorulmuyorsa bende, bu programda bir hata var demektir…
April 18th, 2005 at 3:12 am
fethiye selam ben “hayattan renkler”den esra kurt ergin,ellerine saglik hem yemekler hem site icin;”portakal agaci” ni zaten takip ediyordum,listeme simdi de seninkini eklemem gerekecek
sevgiler
esra
April 18th, 2005 at 12:15 pm
Merhaba Fethiye,
Resimler cok iyi , cok tesekkürler detaylı vermissin sagol:)
Bende umarim cesaret alip artik bu tarz denemelerde bulunurum:)
Cok iyi gorunuyor:)
Ve sevgili E sra ‘ya ; bende gecen hafta siteyi favorilerime ekledim bile:))
Ellerine saglik ,
sevgilerimle
Figen KARAVAS- İzmir
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/yemekve_biz/
April 18th, 2005 at 12:31 pm
Bayanlar, yorumlar icin tesekkurler! Siteye yakinda deneyip de beceremediklerimi de ekleyeceGim. ;) Boylece herkes sanmasin ki harika bir asCiyim…
April 19th, 2005 at 10:55 am
Merhaba Fethiye,
Siten hayirli olsun. Bu tarif sayesinde sitenle tanismis oldum.
Tahinli Corek de nefis gozukuyor ayni benim yaptigim gibi :-)
Ellerine saglik.
Sevgiler, Mihri.
April 19th, 2005 at 11:04 am
Mihri, senin tarifin sayesinde boyle guzel oldu! Sagol. ;)
April 20th, 2005 at 2:49 am
Tek kelimeyle mükemmel, iç açıcı bir site. Ben de bookmarkıma ekliyorum..
April 20th, 2005 at 3:50 am
merhaba,
ben 9. ile 10. madde arasında takıldım, hani 7.madde de boydan ikiye kestik ya bir parçayı halat yaptık yuvarladık, bastırdık, öbür parçayı ne yapıcaz anlayamadım???
April 20th, 2005 at 9:47 am
Asli, diGer parcayi da ayni sekilde halat yapip yuvarlayip bastirip tepsiye dizeceksin. Yani, o UC katli hamur + tahin karisimindan iki tane tahinli ekmek cikiyor. Dolayisiyla da bu olculerle 8 tane tahinli ekmek cikiyor.
April 20th, 2005 at 9:49 am
Sule sagolasin! Senin siteni de duydugumdan beri ziyaret ediyorum. Yakinda bir ara buraya, bildigim, ziyaret ettigim sitelere baglanti koyacagim ama daha mumkun olmadi…
May 2nd, 2005 at 9:00 pm
Merhabalar,
tarifinizi denedim. cok basarili oldu.. sadece sormak istedigim kucuk bir nokta var. benim hatirladigim tahinli coreklerin renkleri sanki daha koyu oluyordu. benimkilerin rengi acik oldu. tahinli karisimi bolca kullanmama ragmen ben rengini buna bagladim….sizin yaptiginizin ici nasildi acaba?
bu guzel paylasiminiz icin cok tesekkurler…kolay gelsin…sevgiler
May 2nd, 2005 at 9:04 pm
Olcay; tarifi begendigine sevindim, bu Amerikan OlCulerine cevirirken biraz duraksamistim. Ayrica ustu icin ben de senin gibi dusundugum den ikinci yapisimda bir kacinin uzerine biraz da pekmez koydum, oyle pisirdim. Daha kitir kitir oldular ve daha da kizardilar, koyu renk oldular. Ama ne yazik ki ben fotolarini cekene kadar gitmislerdi yine! Bir dahaki sefere ekleyeceGim insallah. Afiyet olsun!
May 12th, 2005 at 3:57 am
Thanks fot this great recipe, we loved them !
Chanit from Israel :-)
May 12th, 2005 at 9:56 am
Dear Chanit, I am so glad you were able to try it out and loved the taste of it. Do you guys also have this bread sold in Israel?
May 13th, 2005 at 7:37 am
Dear Fethiye ,
You wrote the recipe so clear + the pictures wew very helpful !
I also loved your humor…
“I have to warn you; you might end up making a mess in the kitchen since the tahini and olive oil mix will be *very* greasy”…
As far as i know, we can’t buy this breads here in Israel.
So i’m lucky - i can bake it when ever i want to.
THANK - YOU !
Chanit :-)
* I’ll try your other recipes later
May 13th, 2005 at 4:11 pm
Dear Chanit, I felt I had to write how greasy your hands can get, because I did make a mess in my kitchen in my first trial ;) Toda. ;)
May 15th, 2005 at 2:24 am
The best!
You’re to blame for the ruin of 3 diets ; )
It was worth every calorie.
May 15th, 2005 at 2:28 am
and thanx Chanit,
for letting us know.
gilgam
May 15th, 2005 at 8:44 am
I am to blame, thanks to Chanit? :) Where is the justice?
Joking aside, I am so glad you guys got to try this tasty bread at your home. I know it is very heavy, bu I also think the same: worth it!
July 15th, 2005 at 6:16 pm
Bu sabah canim tahinli ekmek istemisti, nasil yaparim diye dusunurken, az once sitenize girdim ve ” rendom ” da durup bana gulumsuyor. Ustelik bugun Turk bakkaldan Tahin aldim. Yarin kesinlikle yapiyorum.
It looks so yummy.:)
Binnur
July 15th, 2005 at 7:22 pm
Binnur, kalp kalbe karsiymis; Ben de isten donerken markete ugrayip patlican aldim, senin sitendeki kozlemeyi gorunce canim istedi diye! Sana simdiden afiyet olsun.
August 23rd, 2005 at 10:22 am
Fethiye’cigim, tahinli ekmegi dün aksam yaptim. Benimkiler, seninkiler gibi tel tel olamasa da, tatlari tek kelimeyle harikaydi.
Hamurun inceligini ve sarilisini görmek acisindan ara resimlerin cok isime yaradigini söylemeliyim. Tesekkürler!
August 23rd, 2005 at 11:22 am
Mine, ellerine saglik ve afiyet olsun. TR’deki pastanelerdeki gibi tel tel olmuyor benimki de, tadi ayni ama dedigin gibi.
September 5th, 2006 at 5:59 pm
How big is each bread? You say it makes 8 - is it possible to halve the recipe?
Wow, this sounds amazing, tahini in bread, yum.
September 20th, 2006 at 6:34 am
Each bread is about the size of a dessert plate. You definitely can halve the recipe, but once you start making it, i’d suggest making the whole thing as it takes time to make this bread.
October 14th, 2006 at 12:18 pm
I made the bread. It is delicious. You can see pictures in my website. I wonder if it is OK, because I have never tated a ‘real’ Tahiini Bread. But, it really does not matter a lot because the ones that came out of my oven taste wonderful. :D
Zulmy