# Lahmacun

Lahmacun is a delicious flatbread topped with a flavorful mixture of ground meat and vegetables.

- Cuisine: Turkish
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## 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

## Instructions

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

## Equipment

- knife
- cutting board
- food processor
- strainer
- large bowl
- small bowl
- rolling pin
- pizza oven
- pizza peel
- lemon press

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMlTS19yL3h/?igsh=M3NrMnk2Ynk2ZGd0
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/3d5b079e-8bd6-4774-bcad-6f5f0cc99281
- Extracted: 2026-04-16

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