As all my regular readers will know I do enjoy making my own pizzas as these can taste so much better than shop bought plus you know what’s in them and you can make them as healthy or unhealthy as you like.
Today’s recipe is for a Turkish style pizza also known as a lahmacun. This is full of flavour and is super tasty and best of all it’s so easy to make you will want to experiment with more homemade pizzas after trying it yourself.
For those that are unaware lahmacun are made using lamb mince which I tend to make again from scratch using what I call clean pieces of meat (meat with as much fat cleared as possible as we want to keep it healthy). I know they say the flavour is in the fat but so is the cholesterol and we don’t want that. I promise you won’t feel like you have been deprived of any flavour once out taste this as it’s yummy even if I say so myself.
To start with you will need a pizza dough for the base. Don’t worry it really isn’t as hard as you think. In fact, my recipe doesn’t need you to do much at all except measure and pour and press a button, told you it’s easy. I like to use my Russell Hobbs mixer to make my dough base as it means I don’ need to worry about kneading the dough myself. The part of the topping for the pizza is cooked with the dough and the rest is added at the end to give it a fresh mix of flavour.
Just to add I use a pizza stone when making my pizzas but you can always use a baking tray if you don’t have one.
The dough:
250g Strong White Flour
6g Yeast
5g Freshly ground sea salt
30ml Olive oil
180ml Water
For the First Topping:
100g minced lamb
5tbs tomato puree
2-3 cloves of garlic, chopped
1tsp paprika
1/5tsp chilli powder
For the Second Topping:
1 medium white onion chopped
2 medium tomatoes chopped into small pieces
1 heaped tbs pickled jalapenos, chopped
3-4tbs chopped coriander
Method
Make the dough in advance.
Mix together the flour, yeast, salt, water and oil in a mixer and allow the dough hook to do all the hard work. Mix for about 5 minutes then with an oiled spatula scrap out the dough into an oiled bowl (plastic). Cover and leave in a warm place for 3-4 hours. You can leave it longer if you need to.
About 30 – 40 minutes before you are ready to make the pizza set your oven to 220 (conventional oven) 210 (fan oven) and place the stone in and allow to heat.
I normally prepare the toppings when I put the stone into the oven as it gives adequate time to get both ready.
Prepare your two sets of toppings. The first topping will go straight onto the pizza and be cooked with the dough. Combine the minced lamb with the tomato puree, paprika, garlic and chilli powder and mix well. Cover and set aside whilst you make the second topping.
The second topping goes on top of the pizza once it has been cooked giving it both a cooked and fresh combination. Mix the onion, tomatoes, jalapenos and coriander and set aside.
Cooking instructions
When the stone has been heated and the toppings are ready place the dough onto a floured surface and flatten it out a little in the shape of a circle. This does not have to be particularly large as long as you have the beginnings of the circle it will be fine so about 7-8 inches in diameter then place the dough onto the pizza stone and gently but quickly push the dough out so that you have a large round that just covers the whole of the stone. You might find that a rolling pin that has been well floured may come in useful. Once the pizza base has been spread as far and as thin as possible spread over the lamb mix. I find placing blobs around the pizza then spreading this with the back of a spoon an easier way of getting and even distribution quickly.
Cook for approximately 16 minutes, the cooking time will vary depending on your oven. Once cooked remove from the oven and add the second topping.
Place the stone on the serving rack that comes with the stone and serve.
Chefs tip: Serve with fresh lemon as this adds a gorgeous tangy flavour and also boosts your vitamin C intake.
Want more homemade pizza recipes? Then take a look at these:
Fig, Mozzarella , Balsamic Onions, Parma Ham and Rocket Pizza
Chipotle Beef Pizza Topped with Fresh Tomato Salsa
Children’s Margarita / Pepperoni Pizza
Balsamic Onion, Feta, Serrano Ham, Sundried Tomato and Rocket Pizza
Smokey Pulled Pork Pizza with Garlic and Parsley Butter Drizzle
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I love the sound of this pizza recipe – so tasty!
It sure is. I do love making this one.
That really looks lush never made homemade pizza before might give it a try <3
It’s fantastic!!!! You should make your own you can be creative as you like.
Nothing beats homemade pizza made from scratch, yours looks very colourful and tasty.
It was really good and vanished extremely fast.
We’re big pizza lovers at our house and this one sounds wonderful! I love the addition of lamb and all of the colorful toppings. A perfect summer meal!
This sounds really lovely Mel and it looks incredibly good x
I was recommending lachmacun to a colleague yesterday! If done Well, it can be really delicious!
Ooh this looks delicious!
I’ve never understood the “fat means flavour” thing; I don’t find it makes that much difference. But I guess everyone’s different and people can always leave some on if they want. I love your recipes, and this looks like another fabulous one! Thanks for posting.
Wow this looks amazing I’m definitely going to try this at home
This looks absolutely delicious and since the dough is dairy free, I can enjoy it too! Xxx
That’s great you will love this Laura, enjoy!
Gosh this sounds and looks sooo divine Melanie, I need to make this pizza. I have to. I will let you know when I give it a go.
Wow this looks utterly incredible. I am really looking forward to giving making it a go, thanks for sharing!
I have not heard of this before, but sounds amazing, I am going to have to give this a try x
Ohh you brought so many memories back.. I visited Cyprus 1 year ago, and everyone was talking about lachmacun (I was calling it lahmajun xD) so I wanted to try it! My mouth had never experienced something like this before! Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to try this at my home!
Yum!!! This looks so fresh and tasty, without all the fat yet all the flavour! I love the fact that you do the toppings in sections, but I think I would have to leave the Jalapenos off as I am a bit of a wimp when it comes to heat.
My daughter and husband would love that part the most though xx
Do you think it could work well with Quorn mince? I would love to make Turkish pizza that is suitable for vegetarians x x
This looks incredible and I love how easy it is to make! Delicious! Save me a slice!
looks and sounds so delicious! I never heard of pizza with lamb before, but would definitely love to have a slice or two. It hasn’t come to my mind to season lamb with hot spicies but now when I read it i have to say that it certainly makes sense, and now I would love to have a whole pizza not just a slice of it!
Never had lamb in my pizza but I guess there is always a first time. I love how your pizza turned out. Looks absolutely delish!
I must say it tastes even better than it looks. This one vanished super fast!
Sounds like a very nice pizza, I have never had lamb on pizza before
It works well if you combine the right flavours 😉
This recipe is something I need to try. I love lamb and its a pretty healthy dish.
I am a fan of thin layer pizza !! looks very yummy !! nice Recipe
Thanks, I love this it has so much flavour!
Lamb and pizza, a match made in heaven. This looks totally scrumptious.
The pizza looks super delicious. Though I am a vegetarian and I can make a version of it. 🙂
This looks so scrumptious, and easy to make, I will have to try it, my children would love to make pizza at home xxx