Turkish Lahmacun Pizza

[mattyb]

Hey all,

A Turkish Cypriot work colleague has kindly informed me of a traditional pizza style dish from back home - Lahmacun (pronounced Lah-mah-joon). He has assured me that this blog is an incredible recipe which he makes regularly with friends and family. It looks amazing and I've told him this will be definitely one of the first pizzas I make in my new oven over the next couple of weeks.....just thought I would share!!

Has anyone on here ever had this? It looks amazing!!

arbuz.com/recipes/lahmacun-recipe

[spinal]

I've made a few of these, they're amazing even cold a few days after (and they freeze well )

Stunning pictures!

[muddy4x4]

We do a version of this, and it is very popular. In our version the beef topping is cooked the day before, and we top with baby salad leaf, chopped spring onion and chopped tomato, with a squeeze of fresh lemon.
Our beef mixture has cumin, coriander, smoked paprika, cinnamon, ginger and sweet pepper to name but a few ingredients !
Their great cold, but never tried freezing them.
I highly recommend you try them.
Can also be done with minced lamb, but I do prefer the beef

[rockrocky]

Recipe please Muddy.

[cannyfradock]

Matty

That's one I've got to try. Thanks for the link. The recipe is well detailed.....perfect for thicky like myself.

Terry

[muddy4x4]

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 Large onion, finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 tablespoon ground coriander
• 2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 500g lean beef mince
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon crystallized ginger
• 1 red pepper
• 2 teaspoons smoked paprika
• Carton of Passata
• Chopped fresh tomatos
• Chopped spring onion
• Small leaf salad (lettuce / rocket / watercress)
• Fresh Lemons
• Feta or mozzarella balls

Finely dice red pepper, on a tray into an oven on a tray for 15-20 mins with a little olive oil until sweet.
Finely dice onion into a large pans and cook to opaque with garlic. Add mince and slowly cook until browning, add coriander, cumin, cinnamon, ginger, paprika and tomato paste, stir constantly until well mixed and simmer gently. Add passata until the right consistency is achived

The right consistency is when the mix is smooth enough to be spread over the base about 3mm thick.
Add cooked red pepper as mix cools.

Once cooled, cover and refrigerate until needed.

Take a pizza base, roll etc ready for topping.

Spread with mix over the base, crumble some feta or mozzarella over the base and put into a hot wfo until base is cooked and topping is bubbling!

Cover with chopped tomato, spring onion and salad leaves and a good squeeze of lemon juice.
Enjoy !

[petec]

Gorgeous !

I had something like this as "Pides" last week at the local Turkish Restaurant - but with Lamb rather than Beef - it was delicious - many thanks for posting the recipe Muddy - I will definitely try this one.

Cheers
Pete

[cannyfradock]

Ditto.....cheers Muddy!!

Terry

[muddy4x4]

We have made it with both beef and lamb, just prefer the beef ourselves, so that's what we tend to make.

[fragar]

It looks amazing. My mouth is watering. It might be yummy ...!! I will try this one. Thanks.....!!

[rockrocky]

Made this last night and we, including the local Turkish newspaper shop owner loved it.
Shall be making this again and again, many thanks.

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[muddy4x4]

Looks brilliant Rocky ! did you put some chopped tomato's spring onion's and a squeeze of Lemon, just takes it to another level !

[muddy4x4]

Had some veggie friends around for pizzas tonight. made it as above with Quorn mince ! absolutely stunning !

[dunnes2002]

Thanks for the recipe muddy....Just prepped poured for tomorrow nights visitors. Love the taste of the mince already... cant wait for tomorrow night....apart from the rain!!!!