Recipe: Yummy Sig's Pizza from Turkey ( Lahmacun)

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.

To the untrained eye, the lahmacun might look like. Sig's Pizza from Turkey ( Lahmacun) Sigrun German, living in England. This is often rolled and eaten as a hand food, the base does not need to crisp up completely. You can have Sig's Pizza from Turkey ( Lahmacun) using 15 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Sig's Pizza from Turkey ( Lahmacun)

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

It can be eaten with any topping but usually is eaten with minced lamb as seen here. I use fine cubed tofu or vegetarian mince for me. This spicy, crispy Turkish Pizza, called ' Lahmacun ' is a famous Turkish street food that can be made at home easily. Picture it as a flavor-packed crispy flatbread topped with seasoned beef or lamb, fresh mint, red onions, crumbled cheese, and lemon juice.

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..

Cook's Tip for How to Cook Lahmacun on Stovetop: You can cook Lahmacun on stovetop instead of heating up the oven. You will need a large non-stick skillet with a lid. Pre-heat skillet over medium heat and add just a little bit of extra virgin olive oil. Place one Lahamacun in heated skillet and cover with lid. 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.