Türkische Pizza (Lahmacun): A Turkish Meat Flatbread
Lahmacun or turkish pizza is a seasoned meat flatbread popular at Döner shops throughout Germany. I adjusted mine for American ingredients and I use ground beef and bacon for mine. The result is addictive!
- Prep time
- 30 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 8 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
- 750 g ground beef
- 80 g bacon
- 4 tomatoes (I used about about 1 pint of grape tomatoes instead)
- 1 handful chopped, fresh parsley (stems removed)
- 4 pepperoncini peppers (in glass, stems removed)
- 3 sweet peppers (large, from a jar)
- 1 red, orange or yellow sweet pepper (fresh)
- 3 tsp salt
- 2 tsp pepper
- 3 tsp paprika powder (mild, not smoked)
- 1/2 tsp cumin
- 1/2 tsp dried oregano
- 500 g all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 7 g active dry yeast
- 300 ml water (lukewarm)
- 2 sweet peppers (I like to use red, orange or yellow)
- 2 tomatoes
- 1 cucumber
- 1 small red onion
- 150 g feta cheese
- 8 pepperoncini peppers
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1 tsp granulated sugar
- salt & pepper to taste
- 1/2 white cabbage (remove core, slice and marinate separately)
- 100 g greek yogurt
- 50 g mayo
- 50 g sour cream
- 2 clove garlic (minced)
- salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
- 1
Combine the lukewarm water and yeast and allow to bubble up for about 5 minutes. Add other dough ingredients and knead until smooth and elastic. Cover up and allow to rest in a warm spot for 30ish minutes.
- 2
In the meantime, preheat your oven (with pizza stone if you have one) to 400° Fahrenheit (or 200° Celsius). If you would like to bake more than 1 pizza at a time, you can simply bake them on baking sheets prepped with parchment paper instead.
- 3
Blend together all meat topping ingredients other than the ground meat. You could also use a food processor if you have one. Then add in the ground beef. Set aside.
- 4
Remove core of white cabbage and any wilted leaves. Slice thin and marinate with some oil, vinegar, a little sugar and salt and pepper. Set aside and stir occasionally. Prep all other toppings (I thinly sliced the sweet pepper), marinated and set aside.
- 5
Combine all sauce ingredients and set aside.
- 6
Spread about 3 Tablespoons of meat topping on each rolled out flatbread and bake for about 12 minutes or until the meat is starting to brown and crust is turning golden. Remove from oven and top with sauce, cheese-vegetable salad and marinated cabbage. Top off with a pepperoncini pepper when serving (optional, but they're not very spicy). Make it spicy by adding some sambal! Guten Appetit!