How to Make Perfect Sig's Pizza from Turkey ( Lahmacun)

Sig's Pizza from Turkey ( Lahmacun). Spicy, crispy cheeseless pizza, called lahmacun, is a famous street food all over Turkey. It's a good example of Turkish regional cuisine. Crispy, flatbread Turkish pizza, Lahmacun, is fun to eat and a great recipe for a party, since everyone can top their own as they desire.

Great recipe for Sig's Pizza from Turkey ( Lahmacun). This is often rolled and eaten as a hand food, the base does not need to crisp up completely. It can be eaten with any topping but usually is eaten with minced lamb as seen here. You can have Sig's Pizza from Turkey ( Lahmacun) using 15 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Sig's Pizza from Turkey ( Lahmacun)

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

I use fine cubed tofu or vegetarian mince for me. Think of lahmacun as perfectly thin, crispier pizza (or flatbread), topped with a spiced minced meat mixture. It is popular in Turkey as in various parts of the Levant where the Ottoman empire once extended. And there are meat pie--or pizza--variations, including manaqish and sfiha.

Sig's Pizza from Turkey ( Lahmacun) instructions

1. For the base sieve the flour onto a worktop. Make a well in the middle and add the salt and sugar into well..
2. 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 ..
3. Wrap into a damp clean cloth and chill for 30 minutes.
4. Lightly dust the dough with flour on removing from fridge. Break into 4 equal pieces..
5. For the topping chop the parsley or coriander, garlic and onions. Set aside..
6. Peel the tomato and finely chopped it. Chop the chilli very finely..
7. Place all ingredients for topping into bowl add 2 tablespoons of water , knead thoroughly through until well mixed..
8. 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..
9. Add the lamb or tofu topping mix and spread over pizza base with your hands.
10. Bake in a preheated oven at 400 f/ 200 C for about 10 minutes or to your liking.
11. 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 is also known as Armenian pizza, Turkish pizza, Lebanese pizza, Arab pizza. If you're a fan of pizza but can do without the cheese, you're sure to love lahmacun (LAH'-MAH'-juhn), a Turkish street food. It has a much thinner dough, doesn't use cheese in the topping, and is usually rolled or folded before eating. Lahmacun is a good example of Turkish regional cuisine. Whisk egg and olive oil in a small bowl.