Homemade Lahmacun

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 1 tsp dry yeast
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 cup water
• 1 tbsp vegetable oil
• 250 g ground beef
• 1 onion
• 1 tomato
• 1 green pepper
• ½ bunch parsley
• 1 tbsp tomato paste
• 1 tbsp pepper paste
• 1 tsp red pepper flakes
• black pepper (to taste)
• 1 lemon

Method

1. Knead the flour, yeast, salt, lukewarm water and oil into a soft dough; cover and rest for 30 minutes.
2. Blend the onion, tomato, pepper and parsley and drain off the excess liquid; mix with the beef, pastes, pepper flakes, salt and pepper.
3. Heat the oven as hot as it goes (250°C). Divide the dough into 8 balls and roll each out very thinly.
4. Spread a thin layer of the topping over each.
5. Bake on the lowest rack for 6–8 minutes until the edges brown; serve with parsley and lemon.