Sig's Pizza from Turkey ( Lahmacun). Auntie Saniye is sharing the recipe for one of the most famous gems of Turkish street food: Lahmacun. We are sure you will love this recipe. Lahmacun (Turkish Pizza) Popular Turkish Street Food The Lahmacun from Turkey and Armenia Tried in London. Spicy, crispy cheeseless pizza, called lahmacun, is a famous street food all over Turkey.

Lahmacun is originally from the southeastern part of Turkey famous for its spicy kebabs and other meat dishes. It's a good example of Turkish regional cuisine. It is made of ground beef. You can cook Sig's Pizza from Turkey ( Lahmacun) using 15 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Sig's Pizza from Turkey ( Lahmacun)

Prepare of the base.
It's 2 cup of pizza flour (200 grams) plus 2 tablespoons pizza flour. Use plain flour if you can't get pizza flour.
Prepare 1 tsp of fine sea salt or salt substitute.
Prepare 1/2 tsp of fine granulated sugar.
Prepare 1 tbsp of good quality olive oil.
It's 150 ml of water, or a little more depending on dryness of dough. It should be flexible and smooth not sticky.
Prepare of topping.
It's 1 bunch of of fresh parsley or 1/2 bunch fresh coriander.
You need 1 large of clove of garlic.
Prepare 200 grams of onion, chopped.
You need 1 medium of tomato.
You need 1 of green or 1/2 red chilli.
Prepare 175 grams of ground lamb or bought marinaded and very fine cubed tofu or vegetarian mince.
It's 1 pinch of fresh ground pepper.
Prepare 1 1/2 tbsp of tomato paste.

Drizzle pizzas with tahini mixture, then scatter with pine nuts and parsley. Note • Sumac is a tangy reddish-brown Middle Eastern spice, available from supermarkets. Turkish Pizza, also referred to as Lahmacun, is among the best street foods you'll enjoy there. And the beauty of it, like many street foods across the world, they can be very casual but can also be very fancy served at high-end restaurants.

Sig's Pizza from Turkey ( Lahmacun) step by step

For the base sieve the flour onto a worktop. Make a well in the middle and add the salt and sugar into well..
Add the olive oil gradually. Work into the flour. Add 150 ml water slowly work into the dough until smooth and flexible. You may not need all the water or a little more if to dry ..
Wrap into a damp clean cloth and chill for 30 minutes.
Lightly dust the dough with flour on removing from fridge. Break into 4 equal pieces..
For the topping chop the parsley or coriander, garlic and onions. Set aside..
Peel the tomato and finely chopped it. Chop the chilli very finely..
Place all ingredients for topping into bowl add 2 tablespoons of water , knead thoroughly through until well mixed..
Dust worktop with flour, flatten dough pieces with hand then roughly roll out into a very thin base. Carefully lift onto baking tray keeping the shape..
Add the lamb or tofu topping mix and spread over pizza base with your hands.
Bake in a preheated oven at 400 f/ 200 C for about 10 minutes or to your liking.
Remember that it does not need to be crispy like a normal pizza if you want to roll it, it should be a littke bit like a wrap with crispy edges . For this purpose the dough is cooked after ten minutes. You may crisp it uo more if you want to serve it as a pizza. Take care not to burn it as the base is very thin. Serve either hot or cold with some lemon slices to squeeze the juice over the filling..

Lahmacun recipe is not really a pizza, neither is it really a wrap. To the untrained eye, the lahmacun might look like little more than a Turkish pizza, but to those who know, it is the ultimate street food. Lahmacun - Turkish pizza with spicy minced beef and salad topping. This Turkish pizza makes use of a thin flatbread as base, which is then topped off with minced beef or lamb, vegetables, herbs and spices. Several variants of lahmacun have emerged in the foodie market, but among the favorites are garlicky, doused with red chili flakes, and really crispy.