Fluffy and Delicious Soda Pastry Recipe for Perfectly Risen Pastries

If you're having trouble achieving beautifully risen poğaças, you're in luck! Here's a fantastic recipe for sodalı poğaça that yields soft and perfectly risen pastries. Here are the ingredients you'll need:

- 1 packet of instant yeast

- 1 tablespoon of granulated sugar

- 1 cup of warm milk

- 1 bottle of soda water

- 2 egg whites (we'll use the yolks for the topping)

- 1 tablespoon of salt

- 6.5 cups of all-purpose flour

- 2 tablespoons of softened butter

- Filling: cheese

- 1/2 cup of vegetable oil

- Filling: parsley and cheese

Instructions:

1. Mix 1 tablespoon of granulated sugar with 1 packet of instant yeast.

2. In a bowl, combine 1 cup of warm milk and 1 bottle of soda water. Add the yeast-sugar mixture and mix well.

3. Add 2 egg whites and 1/2 cup of vegetable oil, and continue mixing.

4. Once the liquid ingredients are well combined, gradually add 6.5 cups of flour, 1 tablespoon of salt, and 2 tablespoons of softened butter. Knead until you have a non-sticky dough.

5. Cover the dough with plastic wrap and let it rise for about half an hour. You'll see that the dough rises beautifully.

6. Tear off pieces of dough about the size of a mandarin, flatten them in your hand, and place a mixture of finely chopped parsley and cheese in the center. Close it up, shape it into the desired form, and place it on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. As you observe the poğaças continuing to rise on the baking sheet, you'll be amazed.

7. Place the soda pastries in a cold oven and bake at 180 degrees Celsius (about 350 degrees Fahrenheit) for approximately half an hour.

8. Once baked, you'll have soft and delicious poğaças ready to enjoy.

The combination of soda with dry yeast results in excellent dough rising. One of the key tricks to achieving soft and perfectly risen poğaças is using a bottle of soda water. Additionally, the milk in the dough helps soften and enhance the flavor, making this recipe a breeze to follow for a delightful pastry experience.

With this recipe, you'll also find that the poğaças stay fresh for a longer time, although with their delicious taste, they're likely to disappear quickly.