Invented in pursuit of extra attention-grabbing methods to make use of hen mince, immediately’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 really known as manakish (amongst different names), made with home made dough and include 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 immediately’s recipe as the actual deal, however needed to offer a nod to the inspiration behind it, therefore the title. Consider it as a SOS model of lahmacun for all these nights you’ve acquired no time to prepare dinner.
And an attention-grabbing manner to make use of hen mince, which will be so uninteresting and bland!
Elements 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 need to make right here is versatility. There are a great deal of substitution choices, and it’s arduous to go fallacious!
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 attention-grabbing methods to make use of hen mince, in order that’s what I’ve used. It’s scrumptious as is, and I’m glad to have one other nice hen mince recipe in my arsenal, however frankly, even higher with fattier meats – lamb or beef.
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Hen mince (floor hen) – I’ve used hen right here however you should utilize something you need – lamb (Lebanese favorite!), beef, turkey, even pork. The spicing for the topping works with all the pieces, 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 fluctuate between paprika, cloves, nutmeg, cardamom, typically even garam masala. I’ve popped a home made model within the recipe notes.
Discover it at some giant grocery shops (I get mine from Harris Farms, identical worth as dried herbs), contemporary produce shops, Center Jap shops. Don’t fret when you can’t discover it, substitute with any Center Jap or Moroccan spice combine (offered 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: strive 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 conversant in this massive pita bread? It’s a staple at each grocery retailer right here in Australia! Don’t fear when you can’t get it. This recipe will work with any flatbread. And even tortillas!
Lebanese bread – it is a sort of flatbread that’s offered 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 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 fashion (unfold with meat, toppings, fold then fry).
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Greek pita bread, the skinny type not bready type (like Golden High model, pictured in Lamb Souvlaki) is good.
3. TOPPING OPTIONS
I can’t stress sufficient although – toppings are important, else it’s a bit boring. I actually suggest at the very least feta and olive oil, or something that serves an identical 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 pretty much as good. Goats cheese is further wonderful! Bought 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 creamy goes a good distance right here.
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Additional virgin olive oil – Hen mince is so lean, so this too is extremely really helpful. Although, when you use a creamy drizzle sauce instead of feta, you mightn’t want it.
Every little thing else pictured is really helpful 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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Purple pepper flakes – As a result of a bit fiery warmth makes all the pieces extra attention-grabbing!
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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 (suppose – Rocket Prosciutto Pizza)
I’ve to cease right here, else this submit can be prolonged!! However you get the thought. 🙂
Methods to 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 elements 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″ huge (this one).
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Unfold the meat everywhere in 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 facet down for 1 1/2 minutes on excessive warmth till there are some golden patches. Not – hen mince dries out in a flash!
(PS Don’t skimp on oil when pan frying, else the bread will simply burn quite 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, 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, all the pieces else simply makes it even higher.
Lower like pizza then devour!
Additionally – proof it’s crispy sufficient to select up:
Ultimate phrases
Cooked Lebanese pizzas will hold for a couple of 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 hen.
And ultimate phrases of recommendation – don’t get hung up on having the precise elements listed. This recipe is extra of a blueprint so that you can use and make your personal with what you’ve acquired!
Hope yow will discover 8 minutes in your day to offer this a go. 😉 I promise you received’t remorse it. – Nagi x
PS A few of you could 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 under. 🙂
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 hen 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 hen mince, I had what I believed was an excellent thought to strive a hen 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 idea, it ought to’ve labored. In actuality, it was bland. Hen mince is manner 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 dearth of meat browning was the issue, I then flipped to the Lebanese pizza thought the place the meat is uncovered so I might 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 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 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 much like beef when it comes to quantity of flavour it could take / wants – and I do know it’s the very best as a result of lamb is a pure protein selection 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 Hen Mince unfold:
Toppings – important! (Word 4)
Toppings – optionally available (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 facet down, then bread facet 90 seconds till crispy. High, minimize, 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 (Word 4)
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Combine the Hen Unfold elements 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 prepare 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 must be some golden patches) and prepare dinner the bread facet for 90 seconds till golden and crispy (decrease warmth if browning too rapidly).
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Toppings – Slide onto chopping board, sprinkle with feta, drizzle with further 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 minimize one facet else the bread might separate when cooking.
2. Meat – I exploit hen mince as a result of this recipe got here into existence after I needed to do one thing attention-grabbing (however fast!) with hen 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 personal (under). 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 submit for solutions.
Comparable stuffed crispy bread-type-things
Clumsy heading. However you recognize what I imply!
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