Turkish lahmacun

Preparar

1. 🥄step 1
2. 🔥Sift the flour into a large bowl, make a well in the middle and sprinkle in the yeast.

Pasos

1. 🔥Pour 125ml water over the yeast, then flick flour over the liquid to create a layer.
2. 🧂Cover and leave to rise in a warm place for 15 mins until cracks appear on the surface of that layer.
3. 🍳step 2

Preparar

1. 🧂Use your hands to mix in 250ml more water along with 1 tsp salt and knead the dough for about 10 mins until elastic and no longer sticky.

Pasos

1. 🍳Add a little more flour if you need to.
2. 🫇Cover and leave to rise again in a warm place for 30 mins until doubled in size.
3. 🍽️step 3
4. 🌿Heat the oven to as high as it will go (about 240C/220C fan/gas
5. ✨and sprinkle one or two baking trays thinly with cornmeal.
6. 🥄step 4

Cocinar

1. 🫇Pour boiling water from the kettle over the tomatoes, leave to stand briefly, then drain and slip off the skins.

Preparar

1. 🍽️Cut the tomatoes in half, cut out the stalks, scoop out the seeds and discard, then chop the flesh.

Pasos

1. 🌿step 5

Preparar

1. ✨Halve the chillies lengthways, cut out the stalks, seeds and white inner membrane, then rinse.
2. 🥄Cut lengthwise into fine strips, then crosswise into fine dice.

Pasos

1. 🥄step 6

Preparar

1. 🔥Put the tomatoes, chillies, spring onions, finely chopped parsley, beef mince, spices, 1 tsp salt and ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper into a bowl and mix well.

Pasos

1. 🧂step 7
2. 🍳Take the dough and knead it briefly, then divide into four pieces and shape each into a ball.

Preparar

1. 🍳Roll each ball into a thin circle, place on the prepared baking trays.
2. 🫇Spread with a thin layer of the meat mixture.

Pasos

1. 🫇step 8

Cocinar

1. 🍽️Bake each flatbread for 10-15 mins until the edges begin to darken.

Preparar

1. 🌿After removing from the oven, sprinkle the lahmacun with the roughly chopped parsley and sliced onion, then squeeze over a few drops of lemon juice.

Servir

1. ✨Serve straightaway.