Turkish Red Pepper Sheet Pan Pizza with a load of onions and sesame seeds is super easy to make. It is vegetarian and doesn't have any cheese, yet disappears fast. Tastes still so good when cold if there are any leftovers.
This Red Pepper Sheet Pan Pizza recipe is from my childhood. This is not well known around the country, it is baked generally in the Southern part of Turkey. And I haven’t met a better cook than mom baking this super tasty snack. I remember that we would always have some on the counter and we had a few slices whenever we felt hungry.
None of my friends here knows this tasty pizza and when I make it, I always hear the “Nom nom nom"s. They say that the ingredients are so simple and ordinary, but the taste of it is certainly extraordinary. Most of my friends think that it’s very similar to regular pizza, but I think it’s more than that thanks to its unique topping.
You can serve it at any time of day as a snack or in the morning as breakfast.
PrintRed Pepper Sheet Pan Pizza Recipe
Red Pepper Flatbread Pizza Recipe with a load of onions and sesame seeds is super easy to make. It is vegetarian and doesn't have any cheese.
- Prep Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 55 minutes
- Yield: 16 1x
- Category: Appetizer
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients
Topping:
- 4 red bell peppers, chopped
- 1 green pepper, chopped
- 4 medium onions, diced
- 4 tablespoons sesame seeds
- 1 tablespoon pepper paste or tomato paste
- ½ cup olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
Dough:
- 2 cups flour
- 1 cup yogurt
- 1 tablespoon instant yeast
- 1 and ½ teaspoons salt
- ½ cup warm water
Instructions
- Sift the flour in a large bowl. In a small cup mix yeast powder, salt and warm water. Pour this mixture in the flour. Combine them well. Add in yogurt and knead the dough by gradually adding some extra warm water. Knead it well until it doesn’t stick to your hand. Then make a big ball from this dough and cover it with a wet piece of cloth. Put it in a warm place and wait at least one hour so that it rises well.
- Meanwhile you can prepare the topping mixture you’ll spread on the dough. Combine all peppers and onions in a bowl. Add in sesame seeds, olive oil, pepper paste and salt. Stir well.
- After the dough rises enough (after at least one hour), preheat the oven to 350F. Oil a baking pan and transfer the dough on this tray. Now it’s time for your hands to work more. Flatten the dough in the baking pan equally. Spread the topping mixture on the dough with your hands.
- Before putting it into the oven, cut it in squares so that it is easier to remove from the pan after it’s baked.
- Place it into the oven and bake it for 40 minutes.
Keywords: pizza, sheet pan, red pepper
Great recipe .......after watching Kara Para good to copy this!!!!!!
★★★★★
This does not say how to prepare the peppers. Chop? Mince? Slice?
Chop them finely.
Do you have any idea of several nice recipes for pizza dough without yeast?
Josh - 1 tsp salt is enough for this dough. The yogurt I use is thick enough, so 2 cups flour is fine. But if the yogurt is too juicy, we should add extra flour(little by little) until it doesn't stick your hand. Thank you so much for these questions. I hope it's clear enough.
Few questions about the recipe: How much salt should I be mixing in with the yeast? Also, if adding the yogurt, should more than 2 cups of flour be used to compensate? Or does the kneading step imply adding enough flour to make the dough not stick? Using the listed proportions, I don't think there is any way for the dough not to stick to your hands, or am I doing something very wrong?
Monika - I'm sure it can be done with fresh yeast, but I've never used it. I find using yeast powder easier.
Can you make this dough with fresh yeast, and if so, how much should I use? Here in Poland yeast powder is available, but fresh is more popular.
Maggie - pepper paste is like tomato paste, either from chili or sweet red bell peppers. Peppers are cleaned from their seeds, then they are mashed and mixed with salt and dried under sun for at least a week. In Turkey, they are done in large amounts in Summer and people sell it to others who don't have a chance of doing it. If you have enough sun light there, you can do. If you can't, this red pepper loaf can be made without paste as well. Just add a few more red bell peppers into its filling.
What is pepper paste? Is it made from chili peppers or sweet peppers? If I can't find it to buy, can I make it easily myself?
Ok, I'll have to try this recipe too! I love the use of sesame seeds for the topping and yogurt for the dough. Wonderful post Zerrin!
Zerrin, this looks so tasty!! MMMM... I will make it tomorrow!! Thanks!!
I love to come visit your blog. Everytime you have some interesting recipe.
Looks fantastic! I like the sesame seeds with the red pepper, and the dough sounds great.
This pastry with peppers sounds absolutely delicious! Wonderful recipe!