Vegan Lahmacun

Lahmacun also called Turkish Pizza is so tasty and with this version we have chosen the slightly easier way. In this recipe we use fresh flat bread from the Turkish bakery instead of homemade flatbread. These flatbreads are often also sold by many supermarkets. We make the minced meat mixture of vegan minced meat in combination with tomatoes, parsley and onion. You can fill this lahmacun with what you prefer. A great middle eastern dish you just have to try! Just delicious!

Serves: 8-10 Lahmacun (Turkish Pizza)
Prep time: 15 minutes
Total time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

2 (290 g) tomatoes
½ red bell pepper
40 g parsley
70 g onions
3 cloves garlic
400 g vegan minced meat
70 g tomato paste
20 g Turkish pepper paste (Aci Biber Salcasi)
½ tsp salt
2 tbsp (30 ml) olive oil
⅛ tsp chili flakes
8-10 Turkish flatbreads

For garnish
Red onion
Sumac
Extra fresh parsley

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 220 degrees Celsius.
2. Coarsely chop the tomatoes, bell pepper, parsley, onion and garlic and grind half coarsely in a food processor. Strain everything and squeeze out most of the moisture with a spoon. Add the mixture to a bowl.
3. Add the vegan minced meat, tomato paste, Turkish pepper paste, salt, olive oil and chili flakes and mix everything well with your hands or a spoon.
4. Wet the Turkish flat bread with water. Divide 2 tablespoons of the minced meat mixture over the flat bread. Bake in the oven for 5 minutes.
5. Sprinkle the Lahmacun with plenty of lemon juice and fill with thinly sliced red onion, sumac and extra chopped parsley. Roll it up and enjoy!

Tip: You can fill the Lahmacun with all kinds of different vegetables and herbs. Give it your own twist.