As a partner in Sofra, the bakery and café that I opened with chef Ana Sortun in 2008 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, most of my baking focuses on sweet and savory dishes from the Middle East. I’m not Middle Eastern, and neither is Ana; we met in 1996 when both of us were cooking under Moncef Meddeb, the esteemed Tunisian chef, at his 8 Holyoke restaurant, also in Cambridge. In the ensuing years, we’ve both traveled extensively throughout Lebanon and Turkey studying ingredients, recipes, and techniques. All this is to say that when it comes to making rolls for Thanksgiving, I make pogaca, a light, soft, airy roll that hails from Turkey.

Po-ah-cha和宽松地翻译为“炉子面包”，Pogaca最常在早餐和茶中供应。无论是普通的还是塞满奶酪，蔬菜或肉的馅料，它们也可以放在餐桌旁。其中一篮子，尤其是如果有些人填补，会使感恩节或任何假期，
really—feel even more special.

Pogaca are easy to make, especially if you have a stand mixer with a dough hook. The dough comes together beautifully and is a dream to handle. There are many varieties and shapes for pogaca, which is found in other cuisines, too. Making plain round rolls is just a matter of shaping pieces of dough into balls and baking. The filled breads may be served simply shaped into an oval or more elaborately fashioned in an impressive rose shape that’s easier to make than it looks, especially with the help of the step-by-step photos below.

Fillings can be savory or sweet, and the options are endless. Some of the fillings I offer here are Middle Eastern inspired, such asfeta and parsleyor afragrantly spiced date butter。[编者注：我们为约会填补而努力。]我还提出了一些口味，这些口味与我自己的美国节日回忆说话。我妈妈把香肠放在火鸡馅中，所以one pogaca always on our Thanksgiving menuis based on that; the roll itself takes the place of the bread, and thesausage is cooked with familiar stuffing flavors like onion, celery, and thyme。As I am a pastry chef by training, I just have to offer up a sweet filling, in this case tenderly cooked,lightly caramelized apples为了获得一个甜蜜的卷，可以在晚餐结束时取代一片馅饼。

Pogaca最好在制造的那一天提供。但不要担心；您不必在感恩节做所有工作。您可以提前一天填充和塑造Pogaca。Pogaca在塑形后也可​​以冷冻并在感恩节上新鲜烘烤（有关详细信息，请参见食谱）。鉴于所有这些，实际上没有理由不今年与您的火鸡一起添加小火鸡。

How to Shape Oval Pogaca

How to Shape Rose-Shaped Pogaca