Lamb and Tomato Flatbreads

Name: Lamb and Tomato Flatbreads (Lahmacun)
Cuisine: Turkey
Ingredients: warm water 150 ml/¾ cup; sugar ½ tsp; salt; salt ½ tsp; minced lamb 250 g/½ lb; strong white flour 350 g/12 oz; dried yeast 1 tsp; onion 1, grated; onion 1, sliced into rings; chopped fresh mint 2 tsp, or 1 tsp dried; olive oil 2 tbsp; sumac 1 tsp; tomatoes 2, sliced into rings; kirmizi biber 2 tsp; lemon 1; pomegranate molasses 2 tbsp; a bunch of parsley, chopped; garlic 2 cloves, squashed and chopped with salt

Lahmacun

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Yashim Cooks Istanbul

By Jason Goodwin

Published 2016

About

Also known as Turkish pizza, lahmacun is a soft thin dough spread with delicious spicy lamb. You can use this recipe to make any size lahmacun you like, four, two, or even a dozen little meze lahmacuns to nibble with drinks.

Ingredients

For the Flat Breads

dried yeast 1 tsp
sugar ½ tsp
warm water

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Method

Start with the dough. Kickstart the yeast with the sugar in the warm water, and set aside for ten minutes or so until it froths. Put the flour into a mixing bowl, add the salt and yeast and work it until it forms a ball. Knead the ball on a floured surface for five to ten minutes, until it is springy and smooth. Return to the bowl, and cover with a damp cloth somewhere warm.<