Southeastern Turkey

Lahmacun

Name: Lahmacun
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 1 tsp instant dry yeast; 3/4 cup warm water; 2 tsp cooking oil (vegetable oil); Salt, to taste; 250 g lamb mince minced mutton (goat mince, ground goat); 1 grated onion; 2 grated tomato; 1/2 finely chopped capsicum (green capsicum, green bell pepper); 1/2 finely chopped red bell pepper (red capsicum, red pepper); a handful plus more to serve flat leaf parsley; 2 cloves garlic; 2 tbsp or Turkish pepper paste tomato puree; 1 1/2 tsp or pul biber kashmiri chilli powder; 1/2 tsp cumin powder (ground cumin); Lemon juice, lemon wedges

Paper thin flatbread with spiced lamb. Squeeze lemon, add parsley, roll and repeat.

90 minTime

21 gProtein each

mediumSpice

Meat on dough2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's waySoutheastern Turkish style.

The original

447kcalsame

21 gproteinsame

4 gfibresame

90minutessame

The original lahmacun.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)2½ cups

Instant dry yeast1 tsp

Water¾ cup warm

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tsp

Saltto taste

Minced mutton (goat mince, ground goat)250 g lamb mince

Onion1, grated

Tomato2, grated

Capsicum (green capsicum, green bell pepper)½, finely chopped

Red bell pepper (red capsicum, red pepper)½, finely chopped

Flat leaf parsleya handful, plus more to serve

Garlic2 cloves

Tomato puree2 tbsp, or Turkish pepper paste

Kashmiri chilli powder1½ tsp, or pul biber

Cumin powder (ground cumin)½ tsp

Lemon juicelemon wedges

Method

4 steps

1Make a soft dough and let it rise until doubled.
2Blitz the onion, tomato, peppers, garlic, parsley, paste and spices, then mix with the mince.
3Roll dough into very thin rounds and spread a thin layer of topping to the edges.
4Bake on a very hot tray at the top of a 250 C oven until edges crisp and the meat is cooked.

Serve it like this

Serve flat on a board with parsley, sliced onion with sumac and lemon wedges. Roll up and eat by hand with ayran.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Southeastern Turkey

Lahmacun

Paper thin flatbread with spiced lamb. Squeeze lemon, add parsley, roll and repeat.

90 minTime

21 gProtein each

mediumSpice

Meat on dough2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's waySoutheastern Turkish style.

The original

447kcalsame

21 gproteinsame

4 gfibresame

90minutessame

The original lahmacun.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)2½ cups

Instant dry yeast1 tsp

Water¾ cup warm

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tsp

Saltto taste

Minced mutton (goat mince, ground goat)250 g lamb mince

Onion1, grated

Tomato2, grated

Capsicum (green capsicum, green bell pepper)½, finely chopped

Red bell pepper (red capsicum, red pepper)½, finely chopped

Flat leaf parsleya handful, plus more to serve

Garlic2 cloves

Tomato puree2 tbsp, or Turkish pepper paste

Kashmiri chilli powder1½ tsp, or pul biber

Cumin powder (ground cumin)½ tsp

Lemon juicelemon wedges

Method

4 steps

1Make a soft dough and let it rise until doubled.
2Blitz the onion, tomato, peppers, garlic, parsley, paste and spices, then mix with the mince.
3Roll dough into very thin rounds and spread a thin layer of topping to the edges.
4Bake on a very hot tray at the top of a 250 C oven until edges crisp and the meat is cooked.

Serve it like this

Serve flat on a board with parsley, sliced onion with sumac and lemon wedges. Roll up and eat by hand with ayran.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

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