Turkish lahmacun
Lahmacun, the Turkish flatbread — a Vietnamese beef recipe.
By API | Prep: 15 min | Cook: 30 min | Serves: 4
Tags: Vietnamese, Dinner
Ingredients
- 500 g strong white bread flour
- 10 g fast action yeast
- 1 pcs sprinkling corn flour
- 2 g tomato
- 2 pcs green chilli
- 4 g spring onion
- 1 g parsley
- 250 g ground beef
- 2 g chilli flakes
- 1 pinch ground cumin
- 1 tsp allspice
- 2 g olive oil
- 0.5 pcs lemon
- 1 pcs red onion
Instructions
- Sift the flour into a large bowl, make a well in the centre, sprinkle the yeast into the well, pour 125ml water over the yeast, flick some flour over the liquid to form a thin lid, cover and leave in a warm place for 15 minutes until the surface shows cracks.
- Use your hands to incorporate a further 250ml water and 1 tsp salt, then knead the dough for about 10 minutes until it feels elastic and is no longer sticky, adding a little extra flour if necessary.
- Cover the dough and set it in a warm spot to rise for 30 minutes, until it has roughly doubled in size.
- Preheat the oven as high as it will go (about 240°C/220°C fan/gas 9) and lightly dust one or two baking trays with cornmeal.
- Pour boiling kettle water over the tomatoes, leave briefly, drain and peel off the skins, halve the tomatoes, remove the stalks, scoop out and discard the seeds, then chop the flesh.
- Halve the chillies lengthways, remove the stalks, seeds and white inner membrane, rinse, slice lengthwise into fine strips and then cut across into a fine dice.
- In a bowl combine the chopped tomatoes, diced chillies, spring onions, finely chopped parsley, beef mince, the spices, 1 tsp salt and 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper, and mix well.
- Work the risen dough briefly, divide it into four pieces and shape each into a ball, roll each ball into a thin circle, place them on the prepared trays and spread a thin layer of the meat mixture over each.
- Bake the flatbreads for 10–15 minutes until the edges start to darken; remove from the oven, sprinkle with roughly chopped parsley and sliced onion, squeeze over a few drops of lemon juice and serve immediately.