Vegan Turkish Pizza (Lahmacun)

Many years ago, I visited Istanbul and was fascinated by the amazing Turkish cuisine.

In Istanbul, I discovered Turkish shawarma; I was enthusiastic about a chicken stew/pastry in tomato sauce baked with a dough “lid” and served with yogurt. But the jewel in the crown was the Lahamcun, the Turkish pizza: Dough baked with a thin layer of minced lamb on top.

Since we have high-quality alternatives to minced meat, it’s time to veganize this excellent dish.

The preparation is easy: spread thin, chilled pizza dough on a floured wooden board, spread on top a mixture of veggie and minced meat, such as beyond, and bake in the oven on a hot pizza stone. Serve with tahini sauce, or vegan yogurt seasoned with garlic and olive oil.

Enjoy, and let me know how it turned out😋❣️

Vegan Turkish Pizza (Lahmacun)

Roll out pizza dough on a wooden board. Spread seasoned plant-based minced meat mixture, slide in the oven on a hot pizza stone, bake for a short time and serve with seasoned vegan yogurt or tahini sauce.

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Servings 4

EQUIPMENT

Pizza Peel Wood

Pizza Stone For Oven

Metal Pizza Peel

Pizza Cutter Wheel

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Ingredients

 

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• 460 gram store-bought chilled rolled pizza dough
• 1 red bell pepper, cleaned and cut into 4-5 pieces
• 1 medium onion peeled and cut into four
• 4 cloves of garlic, peeled
• ¼ cup parsley leaves
• 300 gram vegan minced meat, such as beyond
• ¼ cup olive oil
• 2 Tablespoon tomato paste

Seasoning Mixture

• 1 tsp smoked paprika
• ½ tsp allspice powder
• ½ tsp ground mace optional but highly recommended
• ¼ tsp ground cumin
• pinch ground chili by taste
• pinch chili flakes by taste
• ½ tsp salt by taste
• ¼ tsp cinnamon

For Serving

• Tahini Dressing (raw tahini, lemon juice, minced garlic, water)
• Vegan yogurt mixed with minced garlic and olive oil
• Lemon wedge

Instructions

 

• Put the pizza stone in the oven, on the lowest level. .
• Heat the oven to 250-270 degrees Celsius (482 – 525 F). The hotter, the better. (in some ovens, the highest temperature is 250 degrees Celsius (482 F)
• Finely chop the onion, garlic, parsley, and pepper. You can use a food processor. Take out and transfer to a bowl.
• Add the vegan minced meat, tomato paste, olive oil, and the seasoning mixture to the bowl and mix well.
• Flour a large wooden board or a pizza peel wood
• Open the pizza dough and flour the top part of the dough well. Then, turn the dough on the floured Pizza Peel Wood so the sheet of paper faces up.
• Important: shake the wooden board back and forth to make sure that the dough slides freely on it; Otherwise – turn the dough back onto the work surface and flour the wooden board and the dough with more flour. Remove the paper.
• Spread the mixture evenly, leaving a clean margin about 1 cm (0.4-Inch) wide.
• Slide on the stone and bake for about 10 minutes until the edges of the dough are nicely golden-brown.
• Cut into four portions and serve with lemon wedges, tahini sauce, or vegan yogurt mixed with minced garlic, olive oil, and parsley leaves.

Notes

You can get a pizza stone today at an affordable price, an excellent investment for those who like to make pizzas and focaccia at home.

At the same time, if you don’t have a stone, you can use a perforated pizza pan or place the pizza on a turned-over oven tray lined with baking paper. Remember that the dough will not be as crunchy as a stone-baked dough.

To get a thin layer of ground meat, use half the amount of the meat mixture.

Based on a recipe from The Mediterranean Dish

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