Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, lahmacun. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Lahmacun is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Lahmacun is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
What is Lahmacun and Where is it From? Flatbreads have been a popular thing throughout the Mediterranean for ages-from Italian pizza, to za'atar manaqish from the Levant, and Lahmacun, known as an Armenian specialty that's made it's way to Turkey. Lahmacun, pronounced "lahma'joun", comes from the Arabic "lahma bi'ajeen," which literally means "dough with meat." Lahmacun (also lahmajun and other spellings) is a round, thin piece of dough topped with minced meat (most commonly beef or lamb), minced vegetables and herbs including onions, tomatoes and parsley, and spices such as cayenne pepper, paprika, cumin and cinnamon, then baked.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook lahmacun using 25 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Lahmacun:
- Prepare Toppings:
- Make ready 1 Red Onion Coarsely Chopped,
- Make ready 170 g Cherry Tomatoes Quartered,
- Take 1 TBSP Tomato Puree,
- Make ready 1 Handful Fresh Parsley,
- Make ready 1 Handful Fresh Mint,
- Prepare 1/2 Cup Sumac,
- Take Roasted Chili Flakes, 1 TSP Adjust To Preference
- Take 1/2 TSP Smoked Paprika,
- Prepare 1/2 TSP All Spice Powder,
- Take 1/2 TSP Cumin Powder,
- Get 1/4 TSP Cinnamon Powder,
- Prepare Pinch Sea Salt,
- Take Pinch White Pepper,
- Get Pinch Dried Mushroom Powder,
- Get 150 g Ground Chicken Thigh,
- Take Sumac Salad:
- Make ready 5 Shallots Finely Sliced,
- Take 1 Handful Fresh Parsley Coarsely Chopped,
- Take 1 Handful Fresh Mint Coarsely Chopped,
- Get 1 TBSP Sumac,
- Take Fresh Lemon Juice, 1/2 Lemon
- Get 4 Lahmacun Dough Balls,
- Get Fresh Lemon Zest, 1/2 Lemon
- Prepare Lahmacun:
It's a good example of Turkish regional cuisine. You can find this tasty, spicy treat all over the country in restaurants, cafes and fast food chain restaurants that specialize in lahmacun. Even though lahmacun is popularly nicknamed Turkish pizza, that name doesn't really do justice to what this crunchy, doughy treat topped with spicy minced meat truly represents. In Turkey, lahmacun is the ultimate street food and a favorite lunchtime snack.
Instructions to make Lahmacun:
- Pls visit: https://www.fatdough.sg/post/lahmacun-pide for the dough balls.
- Prepare the toppings.
In a blender, add all the ingredients, except the ground chicken.
Blitz until smooth.
Add in the ground chicken.
Continue blitzing until smooth paste forms.
- You can use a meat grinder to grind your chicken thigh. You can also use the blender to grind your chicken thigh if you do not own a meat grinder. Grind the chicken thigh 1st, remove from blender, add in the rest of the ingredients, then the ground chicken thigh.*
Transfer into a bowl, cover with cling film.
Set aside chilled in the fridge until ready to use.
- Prepare the salad.
In a bowl, toss everything together until well combined.
Set aside in the fridge until ready to use.
- Prepare the lahmacun.
Preheat oven to the highest temperature setting.
Preheat a pizza stone an hour beforehand as well.
If you do not have a pizza stone, an inverted baking tray will work just fine.
Once the dough is rolled out into a disc with an 1/8 inch thick, transfer into a skillet over medium heat.
- Toast until bottom is crisp brown and lightly charred.
Transfer onto a working surface lined with parchment paper.
Spread the toppings generously evenly over the top leaving an 1/8 inch gap along the edge.
- Carefully slide the lahmacun with the parchment paper onto the pizza stone or inverted baking tray.
Wack into the oven using the middle rack.
Bake until the toppings are light charred and the edge is golden brown.
Remove from oven.
- Transfer onto serving plate.
Garnish with the sumac salad.
Slice and serve immediately.
Repeat the steps for the remaining lahmacuns.
It can be found at numerous street stalls as well as in virtually any traditional Turkish restaurant, but also in kebab eateries where they. Toss parsley and lemon juice in a small bowl. If you translate the Arabic name of this food to Turkish, it means dough with meat. Some folk rumors say it has found in Babylonia Kingdom. It is a popular food that you can find everywhere in Middle Eastern countries such as Syria, Iraq, Iran and Lebanon.
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