Lahmacun

Serves 8 - 10

Ingredients:

Dough:

* 1kg flour

* 50g butter

* 42g east

* 4 teaspoons salt

* 300ml warm water

* 300ml milk

* 2 teaspoons sugar

Topping:

* 300g ground lamb meat (I used beef)

* 2 tomatoes

* 1 big onion

* Parsley

* 3 red paprika's

* 35g tomato puree

* 4 tablespoons sunflower oil

* 180ml water

* 4 teaspoons salt

* 4 teaspoons chili flakes

Preparation:

Combine all the ingredients of the dough in a bowl and knead it well until it is hardly sticky and starts to form a ball. Cover the bowl with a teacloth for 30 minutes.

Meanwhile we will make the topping.

Cut the tomatoes, onion and paprika in small pieces and chop the parsley. Put it in the blender and blend.

Take the ground meat in a bowl and add the blended vegetables. Also add the tomato puree and sunflower oil. Sprinkle the salt and chili flakes over the ground meat mixture and add the water. Knead it thoroughly until everything is blended together nicely.

Now we shall make the pizza's. Start to preheat the oven to 220 C, make small balls from the dough the size of a tennis ball and use a rolling pin to make nice flat circular "wraps". Use some flour on the kitchen counter to make this step easier and less sticky. 

Since my oven is rather small I had to make the pizza's one by one, which cost me a lot of time. Take the pizza on an oven sheet and put some of the meat mixture on top spreading it well on the surface. Put in the oven and cook for 5 - 7 minutes. The sides should be crispy and the bottom should be cooked. 

Repeat this step to finish all the pizza's. I got about 14 - 15 pizza's from this.

After all the pizza's are done, serve them with garlic sauce and a salad of choice.
Enjoy your meal!

Mike & Leda