You can make good Lahmacun in America!
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Recipe type: Main Dish
Cuisine: Turkish
 
Yalancı Lahmacun or Fake Turkish Pizza
Ingredients
  • 1 pound Ground Beef or Lamb
  • 1 Large Onion
  • 1 Tablespoon Red Pepper Paste (If you cannot find pepper paste from Turkey, you can substitute 1 Teaspoon Chili Garlic Sauce from Asian grocery)
  • 1 Bunch Flat Leaf Parsley (reserve ½ for the salad)
  • 2 Large Tomatoes (seeds removed)
  • 1 Package Flour Tortillas or
  • Pita Dough
  • (rolled into ten thin rounds - uncooked)
  • 1 small Red aka Purple Onion
  • 2 Lemons cut into wedges
  • Sumac (optional)
Instructions
  1. Combine onion, parsley, red pepper paste, tomatoes, crushed red pepper, garlic and salt in a food processor until well combined and in small pieces.  If you do not have a food processor, just chop the ingredients very finely.
  2. Place the ground beef in a large mixing bowl and add in the mixture from the food processor. With clean hands, mix well.
  3. Put into a smaller bowl and cover.
  4. Place in the refrigerator until you are ready to cook the lahmacun but try to wait at least about 30 minutes so the flavor can mix together.
  5. Wash the parsley. thinly slice the red onion and cut the lemons into wedges and place on a platter.
  6. Remove the mixture from the fridge.
  7. Place a pizza stone in the lower rack of the oven and heat to 450 degrees.
  8. In the meantime, place a piece of wax paper on the counter and place a flour tortilla on top. Take a generous amount of the meat mixture and with your clean hands, press out to the edge of the tortilla.
  9. Place two tortillas in the oven. At this point you can turn the oven to broil.
  10. Cook 4-5 minutes until the meat is cooked and the edges are crispy.
  11. You can now place the cooked lahmacun on a plate with a clean kitchen towel on the bottom of the plate. Fold them in half so they will not get soggy and cover with another towel.
  12. You could also cook more than two at a time and use a large cookie sheet.
  13. As one batch cooks, continue preparing the other ones for the oven.
  14. Once cooked, serve with parsley, red onion and a nice squeeze of lemon juice. If you like sprinkle some sumac on top. Serve with a nice cold glass of Ayran. Afiyet Olsun!
Recipe by In The Kitchen With April at http://www.inthekitchenwithapril.com/2013/03/you-can-make-good-lahmacun-in-america.html