Parlenka is the Bulgarian grill-house flatbread — soft yeasted dough stretched thin, cooked on a hot grill or griddle and brushed with butter, garlic and savory, sometimes under crumbled sirene. It comes with grilled meat and shopska salad.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 500 g plain flour
- 200 ml water, lukewarm
- 100 g yoghurt
- 7 g dried yeast
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1.5 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp sunflower oil
- 60 g butter, melted
- 3 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 tbsp dried savory
- 150 g sirene, finely crumbled, optional
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 2967 kcal · P 56.1g · C 400.9g · F 84.6g
Estimated from 11 of 11 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
Steps
Steps
- 1Dissolve the yeast and sugar in the lukewarm water and leave for 10 minutes until foamy.
- 2Mix the flour and salt, add the yeast mixture, yoghurt and oil, and knead for 8 minutes into a soft, smooth dough.
- 3Cover and leave in a warm place for 1 hour, until doubled.
- 4Stir the crushed garlic and savory into the melted butter and keep it warm.
- 5Divide the dough into 4 pieces and stretch or roll each into a disc about 25 cm across and 5 mm thick.
- 6Heat a grill, a griddle pan or a heavy dry frying pan over high heat until very hot; in a pan that is only warm the bread dries out pale instead of puffing up in blisters.
- 7Cook each parlenka for 2–3 minutes a side, until puffed and dotted with charred blisters; prick any large bubbles with a fork.
- 8Brush generously with the garlic butter as soon as it comes off the heat.
- 9For the cheese version, scatter sirene over the buttered side, return it to the pan cheese-side up and cover with a lid for 1 minute over low heat, until the cheese softens.
- 10Cut into quarters and serve hot.
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Questions and answers
How long does Parlenka take to make?
About 105 minutes: 85 min prep and 20 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Parlenka?
11 ingredients: plain flour, water, yoghurt, dried yeast, sugar, salt, sunflower oil, butter, garlic cloves, dried savory, sirene.
How many servings does this Parlenka recipe make?
4 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Parlenka?
About 742 kcal, with 14 g protein, 100.2 g carbohydrate and 21.1 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Parlenka recipe suit?
It is vegetarian.
What cuisine is Parlenka?
Parlenka comes from Bulgarian cuisine.
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