Lahmacun - Turkish minced lamb pitta/pizza. Lahmacun is circular shaped like pizza and pitta ("pide") is oval. The shape and size all depends on your preference and oven trays. To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components.
Squeeze a lemon wedge over the top. Roll the pita up like a crepe. This Turkish-style pizza is a Turkish flat bread layered with a fresh sauce composed of tomatoes, sweet bell peppers, and minced lamb cooked with a flavorful selection of Mediterranean spices.
Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we're going to make a special dish, lahmacun - turkish minced lamb pitta/pizza. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Lahmacun is circular shaped like pizza and pitta ("pide") is oval. The shape and size all depends on your preference and oven trays. To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components.
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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have lahmacun - turkish minced lamb pitta/pizza using 17 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Lahmacun - Turkish minced lamb pitta/pizza:
- {Prepare of For the dough:.
- {Get 1/2 cup of water.
- {Make ready 1/2 cup of milk.
- {Get 2 of and 1/2 cup flour.
- {Take 1 tea spoon of easy bake yeast.
- {Get 1 tea spoon of sugar.
- {Get 1 tea spoon of salt.
- {Get of For the top:.
- {Prepare 400-500 gr of minced lamb.
- {Make ready 3 of onions.
- {Take 4 of tomatoes.
- {Prepare 2-3 clove of garlic.
- {Take 1 of green pepper.
- {Take 1/2 bunch of parsley.
- {Prepare 1 tbsp of chilli paste.
- {Make ready of Ground pepper.
- {Make ready of Salt.
This spicy, crispy Turkish Pizza, called 'Lahmacun' is a famous Turkish street food that can be made at home easily. Picture it as a flavor-packed crispy flatbread topped with seasoned beef or lamb, fresh mint, red onions, crumbled cheese, and lemon juice. Lahmacun, lahmajun, or lahmejun (Turkish: Lahmacun), (Armenian լահմաջուն lahmaǰun or լահմաջո lahmaǰo), from Arabic: لحم بعجين, lahm So as a childhood memory I decided to make Lahmacun using pitta bread again but my own take incorporating different spices and herbs to enhance the flavor. Lahmacun is also known as Turkish Pizza (or Armenian Pizza).
Instructions to make Lahmacun - Turkish minced lamb pitta/pizza:
- Let's start with the dough first. I prefer using milk and water mixture for my dough but all water would be fine. Mix half cup of milk with half cup of hot water, add some sugar and mix. In a large bowl, mix the mixture with 2 and a half cup of flour, yeast and salt..
- The dough will have a sticky texture. It should be medium hard; not so soft, not so hard..
- Close the bowl with cling film and let it rest for an hour in a warm dark place..
- While the dough getting ready we can prepare the topping. Finely chop all the vegetables and add them to the minced lamb. Don't forget the skin the tomatoes. Add the chilli paste, pepper and salt..
- This is how the topping should look like..
- When the dough ready, it should approximately be double the original size..
- Now we can start working on our base. You have to work with flour in every step. Add pitch of flour whenever you are touching or trying to give shape..
- Lahmacun and pitta have different shapes. Lahmacun is circular shaped like pizza and pitta ("pide") is oval. The shape and size all depends on your preference and oven trays. The base should be quite thin. Here is lahmacun base..
- Here is pitta (pide) base:.
- Place the bases on to the oven trays with baking papers. And put some toppings..
- Spread the topping so that all the base is covered. For pitta, fold the edges inside..
- Put them in a 200 degree Celsius pre-heated oven. And cook until top and bottom is golden; approximately 30-40min..
- Enjoy it with a touch of lemon. I almost always drink "ayran" along with it; which is a yogurt drink. I hope you enjoy too. "Afiyet olsun!"..
It brings a cracker thin crust together with a flavorful (and sometimes spicy) minced meat topping. While lahmacun (pronounced LA-ha-MA-chewn) may look like pizza, it is very different. Combine with minced lamb and season with salt and pepper. Drizzle pizzas with tahini mixture, then scatter with pine nuts and parsley. Note • Sumac is a tangy reddish-brown Middle Eastern spice, available from supermarkets.
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