Lahmacun

Name: Lahmacun
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: onion; red bell pepper; Turkish sweet pepper; tomato; garlic; ground lamb or beef; tomato paste; red pepper paste (biber salçası); paprika; cumin; Aleppo pepper; salt; black pepper; olive oil; warm water; instant yeast; sugar; salt; all-purpose flour; red onion; tomatoes; fresh parsley; lemon juice

Serves 1

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Lahmacun

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Serves 1

Directions

1Finely chop the onion.
2Chop the red and green bell peppers.
3Slice the tomatoes.
4Crush and chop the garlic.
5Add sliced tomatoes to a food processor and blend until smooth.
6Strain the blended tomatoes to remove excess liquid.
7Add the chopped onion, bell peppers, and garlic to the food processor and blend.
8Strain the blended vegetables to remove excess liquid.
9Combine ground meat in a bowl with the strained tomato and vegetable mixtures.
10Add tomato paste, red pepper paste, paprika, cumin, Aleppo pepper, salt, and black pepper to the meat mixture.
11Add chopped flat-leaf parsley to the mixture.
12Drizzle with olive oil and mix everything together thoroughly by hand.
13Combine warm water, instant yeast, and sugar in a small bowl.
14Pour the yeast mixture into a large bowl with all-purpose flour and salt.
15Add olive oil to the dough ingredients.
16Knead the dough until smooth.
17Cover the dough and let it rest.
18Slice the red onion and cherry tomatoes for the topping.
19Chop fresh parsley.
20Combine red onion, tomatoes, fresh parsley, and lemon juice in a bowl for the sumac onion topping.
21Divide the risen dough into smaller balls.
22Roll out each dough ball thinly.
23Spread the meat mixture evenly over the rolled-out dough.
24Place the lahmacun into a hot pizza oven.
25Bake until the crust is crispy and the meat is cooked through.
26Remove from the oven and serve hot.
27Squeeze fresh lemon juice over the cooked lahmacun.
28Add the sumac onion topping and roll it up to eat.

Ingredients

onion
red bell pepper
Turkish sweet pepper
tomato
garlic
ground lamb or beef
tomato paste
red pepper paste (biber salçası)
paprika
cumin
Aleppo pepper
salt
black pepper
olive oil
warm water
instant yeast
sugar
salt
all-purpose flour
red onion
tomatoes
fresh parsley
lemon juice

Equipment

knifecutting boardfood processorstrainerlarge bowlsmall bowlrolling pinpizza ovenpizza peellemon press

Lahmacun

Serves 1

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Lahmacun

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Serves 1

Directions

1Finely chop the onion.
2Chop the red and green bell peppers.
3Slice the tomatoes.
4Crush and chop the garlic.
5Add sliced tomatoes to a food processor and blend until smooth.
6Strain the blended tomatoes to remove excess liquid.
7Add the chopped onion, bell peppers, and garlic to the food processor and blend.
8Strain the blended vegetables to remove excess liquid.
9Combine ground meat in a bowl with the strained tomato and vegetable mixtures.
10Add tomato paste, red pepper paste, paprika, cumin, Aleppo pepper, salt, and black pepper to the meat mixture.
11Add chopped flat-leaf parsley to the mixture.
12Drizzle with olive oil and mix everything together thoroughly by hand.
13Combine warm water, instant yeast, and sugar in a small bowl.
14Pour the yeast mixture into a large bowl with all-purpose flour and salt.
15Add olive oil to the dough ingredients.
16Knead the dough until smooth.
17Cover the dough and let it rest.
18Slice the red onion and cherry tomatoes for the topping.
19Chop fresh parsley.
20Combine red onion, tomatoes, fresh parsley, and lemon juice in a bowl for the sumac onion topping.
21Divide the risen dough into smaller balls.
22Roll out each dough ball thinly.
23Spread the meat mixture evenly over the rolled-out dough.
24Place the lahmacun into a hot pizza oven.
25Bake until the crust is crispy and the meat is cooked through.
26Remove from the oven and serve hot.
27Squeeze fresh lemon juice over the cooked lahmacun.
28Add the sumac onion topping and roll it up to eat.