Invented in pursuit of extra attention-grabbing methods to make use of rooster mince, at the moment’s recipe is a SOS tackle lahmacun, Lebanese pizzas made with flatbreads topped with a skinny layer of meat. Astoundingly quick to make, and very versatile – use any floor meat, add greens, and countless topping choices!
Pricey Lebanese nationals
Pricey Lebanese nationals,
Please don’t be offended by this recipe I’ve referred to as a “Lebanese pizza.” I do know they’re really referred to as manakish (amongst different names), made with selfmade dough and include numerous toppings.
I like all of them – I’d have the za’atar ones with each meal, the cheese ones stole my coronary heart, and the meat ones – referred to as lahmacun in Turkish – wow. Simply wow!
So I don’t current at the moment’s recipe as the actual deal, however needed to present a nod to the inspiration behind it, therefore the identify. Consider it as a SOS model of lahmacun for all these nights you’ve received no time to prepare dinner.
And an attention-grabbing method to make use of rooster mince, which may be so boring and bland!
Substances for 8 minute Lebanese pizza
The velocity of the recipe depends on a no-chop mince meat topping, retailer purchased Lebanese bread for the bottom, and toppings that decision for nothing greater than opening a jar.
However the principle level I wish to make right here is versatility. There are a great deal of substitution choices, and it’s laborious to go unsuitable!
1. Spiced meat topping
Right here’s what you want for the meat topping. The recipe was born on a day I used to be making an attempt to consider attention-grabbing methods to make use of rooster mince, in order that’s what I’ve used. It’s scrumptious as is, and I’m glad to have one other nice rooster mince recipe in my arsenal, however frankly, even higher with fattier meats – lamb or beef.
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Hen mince (floor rooster) – I’ve used rooster right here however you should use something you need – lamb (Lebanese favorite!), beef, turkey, even pork. The spicing for the topping works with every thing, and the prepare dinner time stays the identical.
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Baharat (aka Lebanese 7 Spice) is the shortcut spice right here. It’s a spice combine utilized in Center Jap cooking that’s made with – yup, you guessed it – 7 spices! Cinnamon ahead (very Center Jap), often with cumin, coriander, all spice and pepper, then the opposite spices range between paprika, cloves, nutmeg, cardamom, typically even garam masala. I’ve popped a selfmade model within the recipe notes.
Discover it at some massive grocery shops (I get mine from Harris Farms, identical value as dried herbs), recent produce shops, Center Jap shops. Don’t fret should you can’t discover it, substitute with any Center Jap or Moroccan spice combine (bought in any respect grocery shops), one thing extra unique like an Egyptian or African spice combine, Harissa paste, or perhaps a Shawarma spice combine (from this recipe).
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Tomato paste – Used within the meat combine for conventional Lebanese pizza. Provides a contact of color and flavour. I substituted ketchup in an emergency. It wasn’t precisely the identical, nevertheless it labored!
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Garlic – As a result of we love how a lot the Lebanese love garlic.
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Parsley or coriander/cilantro (OPTIONAL) – I added it as a result of I had it, for a contact of color and flavour. However it’s under no circumstances important.
Tip: attempt including shredded zucchini and carrot into the combination, to sneak some greens in and make the meat go additional!
2. lebanese bread for the bottom
Are you acquainted with this huge pita bread? It’s a staple at each grocery retailer right here in Australia! Don’t fear should you can’t get it. This recipe will work with any flatbread. And even tortillas!
Lebanese bread – this can be a sort of flatbread that’s bought in each grocery retailer right here in Australia. It’s like a big pita bread – about 30cm / 12″ in diameter, a skinny double layer of bread that may be separated. It’s not bready, like this sort of pita pocket, which is why it cooks up crispy fairly rapidly.
Different appropriate flatbreads – Something fairy skinny however not paper skinny (received’t be sturdy sufficient) that may go crispy when pan fried.
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Tortillas will work, although they received’t be fairly as crispy. I’d make then quesadilla fashion (unfold with meat, toppings, fold then fry).
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Greek pita bread, the skinny sort not bready sort (like Golden Prime model, pictured in Lamb Souvlaki) is right.
3. TOPPING OPTIONS
I can’t stress sufficient although – toppings are important, else it’s a bit of boring. I actually advocate a minimum of feta and olive oil, or something that serves the same goal – goats cheese, labne, drizzle of yogurt combine with lemon, and even bitter cream.
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Feta – I like to make use of Danish feta as a result of it will get a bit smeary, although the extra crumbly Greek feta is simply nearly as good. Goats cheese is additional wonderful! Acquired leftovers from final weeks’ Goat Cheese Risoni?
Different concepts – Labne, yogurt, bitter cream, avocado sauce (sure!), tahini sauce or whipped tahini yogurt sauce would even be fabulous. Basically, a crumble or drizzle of one thing a bit of creamy goes a great distance right here.
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Additional virgin olive oil – Hen mince is so lean, so this too is extremely really useful. Although, should you use a creamy drizzle sauce instead of feta, you mightn’t want it.
All the things else pictured is really useful however not important! Right here’s some notes on every:
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Toasty pine nuts – or sesame seeds (za’atar vibes), or almonds (chopped, flakes, slivers), walnuts or pistachios (fairly!)
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Pink pepper flakes – As a result of a bit of fiery warmth makes every thing extra attention-grabbing!
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Parsley or coriander/cilantro – For some recent inexperienced and herby contact. Substitute with dried oregano (sprinkle it on high, like we do Greek Salad).
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Lemon – Good recent end, channeling the tangy contact you get from sumac in actual Lebanese Pizza.
Extra concepts!
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Sprinkles – Za’atar, dukkah, sumac or different spice mixes
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Chilli crisp or different chilli sauce – a sleek of sriracha would completely work!
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Salsa like pico de gallo or perhaps a little bit of finely chopped tomato
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Olives or different pickled veg, chopped / finely sliced
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Rocket / arugula – Only a small handful (suppose – Rocket Prosciutto Pizza)
I’ve to cease right here, else this publish will likely be prolonged!! However you get the thought. 🙂
make this 8 minute Lebanese Pizza
4 minute prep, 3 minute prepare dinner, 1 minute toppings. YOU GOT THIS!
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Combine the spiced meat topping components in a bowl.
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Trim the Lebanese bread so it matches in your pan. Solely trim alongside one aspect so the bread stays collectively.
Pan measurement – I exploit my massive non-stick pan which is 30cm/12″ huge (this one).
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Unfold the meat all around the bread, such as you would peanut butter on toast! It will likely be and must be pretty skinny.
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Pan fry the meat aspect down for 1 1/2 minutes on excessive warmth till there are some golden patches. Now not – rooster mince dries out in a flash!
(PS Don’t skimp on oil when pan frying, else the bread will simply burn relatively than go golden and crispy).
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Crisp base – Flip with tongs (the meat sticks!) then pan fry the bread aspect for 1 1/2 minutes till crispy, reducing the warmth barely if wanted so the bread doesn’t burn.
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Sprinkle with toppings. Baseline is feta or goats cheese + olive oil, every thing else simply makes it even higher.
Lower like pizza then devour!
Additionally – proof it’s crispy sufficient to select up:
Last phrases
Cooked Lebanese pizzas will maintain for a number of days, however I like to recommend reheating by pan frying to re-crisp the bottom and a recent drizzle of olive oil to rejuvenate the rooster.
And remaining phrases of recommendation – don’t get hung up on having the precise components listed. This recipe is extra of a blueprint so that you can use and make your personal with what you’ve received!
Hope you will discover 8 minutes in your day to present this a go. 😉 I promise you received’t remorse it. – Nagi x
PS A few of you might have picked up that this recipe is like an open-faced Arayes, Lebanese meat stuffed pita breads, pan fried till crispy. Funnily sufficient, that’s the place this recipe began! See Improvement Woe tales within the FAQ part beneath. 🙂
8 minute Lebanese pizza FAQ
None for this particular recipe however loads main as much as it! This got here into existence as a result of I used to be decided to increase my rooster mince repertoire. It’s so lean, it overcooks so simply and I often resort to including cheese or serving with a great deal of sauce to compensate.
So, confronted with a packet of expiring rooster mince, I had what I believed was an excellent thought to attempt a rooster mince model of Lebanese Arayes, a recipe I shared a few years in the past the place uncooked spiced lamb mince is stuffed inside pita breads then pan fried till crisp.
In principle, it ought to’ve labored. In actuality, it was bland. Hen mince is method much less flavourful than lamb mince, so cooking it inside bread the place it doesn’t get browned simply lacked flavour. I attempted twice, dialling up the spicing, nevertheless it was nonetheless no good.
Recognising that the shortage of meat browning was the issue, I then flipped to the Lebanese pizza thought the place the meat is uncovered so I may get color on it. And it labored! It was so, so scrumptious, and saved getting extra scrumptious the extra toppings I placed on it. 😂
So really, it initially happened as an “open confronted Arayes” however then I realised it had re-routed to be a variation of Lebanese pizzas, so I modified the identify!
This recipe was a cinch! It’s a low-risk quick recipe so I didn’t have to do a lot testing on the cooking course of. I made the identical recipe with beef and pork to verify they have been nonetheless tasty utilizing the same amount of spicing and salt (which they have been). I didn’t do lamb as a result of it’s just like beef when it comes to quantity of flavour it will possibly take / wants – and I do know it’s the very best as a result of lamb is a pure protein alternative for Lebanese meals and flavours. 🙂
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8 minute Lebanese Pizzas (Lahmacun!)
Prep: 5 minutes
Prepare dinner: 3 minutes
Dinner, Most important
lebanese, Center Jap
Servings1 x 30cm/12″ pizza
Faucet or hover to scale
Substances
Spiced Hen Mince unfold:
Toppings – important! (Notice 4)
Toppings – non-compulsory (makes it even higher!)
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Directions
ABBREVIATED RECIPE:
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Trim bread to suit pan, combine filling, smear on bread. Warmth oil on excessive, pan fry 90 seconds meat aspect down, then bread aspect 90 seconds till crispy. Prime, reduce, eat!
FULL RECIPE:
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Use a big 30cm/12″ non-stick pan. If wanted, use scissors to chop one aspect of the Lebanese bread so it matches in your pan (Notice 4)
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Combine the Hen Unfold components in a bowl. Unfold all throughout the floor of 1 aspect of the bread like peanut butter – use all of it! It will likely be a reasonably skinny layer.
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Prepare dinner meat aspect – Warmth 1 tablespoon of oil within the pan over excessive warmth. Place the bread in meat aspect down and prepare dinner for 90 seconds, urgent down calmly to encourage color. The meat will persist with the bread!
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Crisp bread – Flip with tongs (there must be some golden patches) and prepare dinner the bread aspect for 90 seconds till golden and crispy (decrease warmth if browning too rapidly).
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Toppings – Slide onto reducing board, sprinkle with feta, drizzle with additional virgin olive oil. Sprinkle with different toppings you select. Lower into 8 like pizza, take pleasure in!
Recipe Notes:
When trimming to slot in the pan, solely reduce one aspect else the bread could separate when cooking.
2. Meat – I exploit rooster mince as a result of this recipe got here into existence after I needed to do one thing attention-grabbing (however fast!) with rooster mince. Lamb is extra conventional for Lebanese pizza (and scrumptious right here!), although any mince/floor meat can be utilized.
3. Baharat – Lebanese / Center Jap spice mix, additionally referred to as “Lebanese 7 Spice”, a mix that’s uniquely heavy on all-spice and cinnamon. Discover it at bigger grocery shops (prices the identical as common spice mixes like Italian herbs), or make your personal (beneath). Substitute with any Center Jap/Moroccan spice mix or 2 teaspoons of Harissa paste.
Selfmade baharat / Lebanese 7 Spice:
1 tsp EACH floor all spice, cinnamon
3/4 tsp floor coriander
1/2 tsp black pepper
1/4 tsp cumin powder
1/8 tsp every floor cloves, nutmeg powder
Based mostly on this recipe from Silk Street recipes, tweaked to align with retailer purchased I exploit.
4. Toppings – So many choices! Learn in publish for strategies.
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