Turkish Lamb Pancake with Tomato and Pepper

Here’s a wonderful recipe for a smooth, rich pancake of ground lamb, which explodes with flavor thanks to the popular seasoning mix of mint, cumin, and mild Turkish Marash red pepper. It is baked in a clay dish deep enough to keep the meat from drying out as the interior cooks and the surface browns to a crisp shell.

When I first tasted this dish in Kilis in southeastern Turkey, it had a particularly luscious, buttery texture due to the addition of lamb tail fat. No lamb tail fat av