Turkish Pizza with Spiced Meat and Veggies
Authentic Turkish Lahmacun with thin crispy dough, spiced ground meat, and vegetables. Best served with greens, lemon, and Ayran.
Quantities update for pizza count and yeast type.
Mix strong or all-purpose flour (300g), sugar (2g), salt (3g), and dry yeast (0.75g) in a bowl.
Gradually add lukewarm water (240g) while kneading until smooth and non-sticky.
Adjust with more flour or water.
Shape into a ball, cover, and rest for 30 minutes.
Finely chop the onion, green peppers, chili pepper, red pepper, and garlic.
Mix chopped veggies with 250g ground beef, tomatoes, 1g paprika, 1g isot pepper, 1g cumin, black pepper to taste, and 6g salt.
Add 7.5g pepper paste and 7.5g tomato paste if desired.
Add olive oil if meat is lean.
Drizzle water if mixture is too thick.
Divide dough into 9 equal balls.
Roll each ball thinly on a floured surface.
Place rolled dough onto baking paper.
Spread topping evenly, leaving a small border.
Pan Method:
Heat a large pan with lid.
Transfer lahmacun with baking paper into pan.
Cook covered for 1-2 minutes.
Remove paper, cook uncovered another 1-2 minutes.
Oven Method:
Preheat oven to 250°C.
Bake on lowest rack, then move to top rack for browning.
Serve hot with 7.5g lettuce, 7.5g sliced tomatoes, 7.5g parsley, 7.5g lemon wedges.
Optionally add 7.5g chili flakes.
Best enjoyed with 7.5g Ayran.
Add greens and lemon.
Roll up, tear from the middle, enjoy immediately.
