Invented in pursuit of extra fascinating methods to make use of rooster mince, as we speak’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 infinite topping choices!
Pricey Lebanese nationals
Pricey Lebanese nationals,
Please don’t be offended by this recipe I’ve known as a “Lebanese pizza.” I do know they’re truly known as manakish (amongst different names), made with do-it-yourself dough and comes with numerous toppings.
I am keen on all of them – I’d have the za’atar ones with each meal, the cheese ones stole my coronary heart, and the meat ones (known as lahmacun in Turkish) – wow. Simply wow!
So I don’t current as we speak’s recipe as the true deal, however needed to provide a nod to the inspiration behind it, therefore the title. Consider it as a SOS model of lahmacun for all these nights you’ve obtained no time to cook dinner.
And an fascinating method to make use of rooster mince, which will be so boring and bland!
Elements for 8 minute Lebanese pizza
The pace 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 primary 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 attempting to think about fascinating 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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Rooster mince (floor rooster) – I’ve used rooster right here however you need to use something you need – lamb (Lebanese favorite!), beef, turkey, even pork. The spicing for the topping works with every little thing, and the cook 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, generally even garam masala. I’ve popped a do-it-yourself model within the recipe notes.
Discover it at some giant grocery shops (I get mine from Harris Farms, identical value as dried herbs), contemporary produce shops, Center Jap shops. Don’t fret for those who 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, but it surely 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 on no account 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 for those who can’t get it. This recipe will work with any flatbread. And even tortillas!
Lebanese bread – this can be a kind 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 kind 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 can 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 type (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 good.
3. TOPPING OPTIONS
I can’t stress sufficient although – toppings are important, else it’s a bit of boring. I actually suggest a minimum of feta and olive oil, or something that serves an identical function – 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 further glorious! Obtained 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. Primarily, 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 – Rooster mince is so lean, so this too is very advisable. Although, for those who use a creamy drizzle sauce instead of feta, you mightn’t want it.
Every little thing else pictured is advisable 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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Crimson pepper flakes – As a result of a bit of fiery warmth makes every little thing extra fascinating!
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Parsley or coriander/cilantro – For some contemporary inexperienced and herby contact. Substitute with dried oregano (sprinkle it on high, like we do Greek Salad).
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Lemon – Good contemporary 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 (assume – Rocket Prosciutto Pizza)
I’ve to cease right here, else this publish shall be prolonged!! However you get the thought. 🙂
The best way to make this 8 minute Lebanese Pizza
4 minute prep, 3 minute cook 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 facet so the bread stays collectively.
Pan dimension – I exploit my giant non-stick pan which is 30cm/12″ broad (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 needs to be pretty skinny.
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Pan fry the meat facet down for 1 1/2 minutes on excessive warmth till there are some golden patches. Not – rooster mince dries out in a flash!
(PS Don’t skimp on oil when pan frying, else the bread will simply burn reasonably than go golden and crispy).
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Crisp base – Flip with tongs (the meat sticks!) then pan fry the bread facet for 1 1/2 minutes till crispy, decreasing 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 little thing else simply makes it even higher.
Minimize like pizza then devour!
Additionally – proof it’s crispy sufficient to select up:
Last phrases
Cooked Lebanese pizzas will hold for just a few days, however I like to recommend reheating by pan frying to re-crisp the bottom and a contemporary drizzle of olive oil to rejuvenate the rooster.
And last 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 individual with what you’ve obtained!
Hope yow will discover 8 minutes in your day to provide this a go. 😉 I promise you received’t remorse it. – Nagi x
PS A few of you’ll 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 lots main as much as it! This got here into existence as a result of I used to be decided to broaden 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 a superb concept 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 concept, it ought to’ve labored. In actuality, it was bland. Rooster 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, but it surely was nonetheless no good.
Recognising that the shortage of meat browning was the issue, I then flipped to the Lebanese pizza concept the place the meat is uncovered so I might get color on it. And it labored! It was so, so scrumptious, and stored getting extra scrumptious the extra toppings I placed on it. 😂
So truly, it initially took place as an “open confronted Arayes” however then I realised it had re-routed to be a variation of Lebanese pizzas, so I modified the title!
This recipe was a cinch! It’s a low-risk quick recipe so I didn’t must do a lot testing on the cooking course of. I made the identical recipe with beef and pork to verify they had been nonetheless tasty utilizing an identical quantity of spicing and salt (which they had been). I didn’t do lamb as a result of it’s much like beef by way of quantity of flavour it may well take / wants – and I do know it’s one of the 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
Elements
Spiced Rooster Mince unfold:
Toppings – important! (Observe 4)
Toppings – optionally available (makes it even higher!)
Forestall display from sleeping
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 facet down, then bread facet 90 seconds till crispy. Prime, lower, eat!
FULL RECIPE:
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Use a big 30cm/12″ non-stick pan. If wanted, use scissors to chop one facet of the Lebanese bread so it matches in your pan (Observe 4)
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Combine the Rooster Unfold components in a bowl. Unfold all throughout the floor of 1 facet 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 facet – Warmth 1 tablespoon of oil within the pan over excessive warmth. Place the bread in meat facet down and cook dinner for 90 seconds, urgent down evenly to encourage color. The meat will keep on with the bread!
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Crisp bread – Flip with tongs (there needs to be some golden patches) and cook dinner the bread facet for 90 seconds till golden and crispy (decrease warmth if browning too rapidly).
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Toppings – Slide onto slicing board, sprinkle with feta, drizzle with further virgin olive oil. Sprinkle with different toppings you select. Minimize into 8 like pizza, get pleasure from!
Recipe Notes:
When trimming to slot in the pan, solely lower one facet else the bread might 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 fascinating (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 known 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 individual (beneath). Substitute with any Center Jap/Moroccan spice mix or 2 teaspoons of Harissa paste.
Home made 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 ideas.
Diet per pizza assuming solely the feta and 1 teaspoon olive oil is used for drizzling (that’s all you want). It additionally assumes 1 tablespoon of the 1 1/2 tbsp of oil used for cooking finally ends up being consumed. You’ll be able to cut back the cooking oil to 1 tablespoon however the bread received’t crisp fairly as nicely and will burn a bit as an alternative of going golden.
Diet Info:
Energy: 566cal (28%)Carbohydrates: 36g (12%)Protein: 37g (74%)Fats: 30g (46%)Saturated Fats: 8g (50%)Polyunsaturated Fats: 3gMonounsaturated Fats: 16gTrans Fats: 0.01gLdl cholesterol: 110mg (37%)Sodium: 1507mg (66%)Potassium: 729mg (21%)Fiber: 2g (8%)Sugar: 2g (2%)Vitamin A: 1202IU (24%)Vitamin C: 11mg (13%)Calcium: 239mg (24%)Iron: 2mg (11%)
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