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Yayla Corbası Turkish Yogurt Soup with Velibah

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Yayla Corbası Turkish Yogurt Soup with Velibah

Although most Turks will opt for a pillowy square of pide bread to accompany this soup of yogurt, barley, and dried mint, buttery-crisp velibah stuffed with feta and potato is a go-to for editor Oset Babür's family, who hails from Ossetia, a state in the South Caucasus.

Ingredients

  • 4 cups water

  • 1 tablespoon plus 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt, divided, plus more to taste

  • 1 small russet potato, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces (about 1 1/4 cups)

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil

  • 1/4 cup finely chopped yellow onion

  • 1 ½ ounces feta cheese, crumbled into small pieces (about ⅓ cup)

  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper

  • ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper

  • 6 cups lower-sodium chicken broth

  • 1 cup uncooked pearl barley (about 7 ounces)

  • 1 cup drained and rinsed canned chickpeas

  • 32 ounce plain whole-milk yogurt (about 3½ cups)

  • 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour

  • 2 large egg yolks

  • 2 cups cold water

  • Kosher salt, to taste

  • Dried mint leaves and black Urfa biber (Urfa pepper), for garnish

  • 1 ¼ cups whole milk, warmed

  • ¼ cup warm water

  • 1 tablespoon powdered sugar

  • 1 (1/4-ounce) envelope active dry yeast

  • 4 cups all-purpose flour (about 17 ounces), divided, plus more for work surface

  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt

  • 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided

  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into 3 pieces, divided

  • ¾ teaspoon flaky sea salt, divided