Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, lahmacun. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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.
Lahmacun is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Lahmacun is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have lahmacun using 25 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Lahmacun:
- Get Toppings:
- Prepare 1 Red Onion Coarsely Chopped,
- Make ready 170 g Cherry Tomatoes Quartered,
- Prepare 1 TBSP Tomato Puree,
- Take 1 Handful Fresh Parsley,
- Make ready 1 Handful Fresh Mint,
- Get 1/2 Cup Sumac,
- Make ready Roasted Chili Flakes, 1 TSP Adjust To Preference
- Prepare 1/2 TSP Smoked Paprika,
- Make ready 1/2 TSP All Spice Powder,
- Prepare 1/2 TSP Cumin Powder,
- Prepare 1/4 TSP Cinnamon Powder,
- Prepare Pinch Sea Salt,
- Make ready Pinch White Pepper,
- Take Pinch Dried Mushroom Powder,
- Prepare 150 g Ground Chicken Thigh,
- Take Sumac Salad:
- Get 5 Shallots Finely Sliced,
- Get 1 Handful Fresh Parsley Coarsely Chopped,
- Get 1 Handful Fresh Mint Coarsely Chopped,
- Take 1 TBSP Sumac,
- Make ready Fresh Lemon Juice, 1/2 Lemon
- Prepare 4 Lahmacun Dough Balls,
- Get Fresh Lemon Zest, 1/2 Lemon
- Prepare Lahmacun:
It brings a cracker thin crust together with a flavorful (and sometimes spicy) minced meat topping. While lahmacun (pronounced LA-ha-MA-chewn) may look like pizza, it is very different. 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.
Steps 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.
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. Get Lahmacun Recipe from Food Network. Toss parsley and lemon juice in a small bowl.
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