Gluten Free Lahmacun (Turkish Pizza)
This gluten free lahmacun (lahmajo) recipe is actually very close to authentic Turkish food known as Turkish Pizza. With this GF lahmacun food recipe, you can be the envy of your friends who still eat the old, pre-gluten-free way.
If you’ve eaten Lahmacun in the past, you might be familiar with the bread’s characteristic “taste of heaven.” However, if you’re gluten intolerant or a celiac disease sufferer like me, lahmacun isn’t something you’ve tried yet. Thankfully, there’s a way for you to enjoy this delicious Turkish flatbread without having to worry about ingesting wheat.
We will show you how to make an authentic Turkish Lahmacun at home that is gluten-free. You don’t need to be allergic to gluten or have celiac disease to enjoy this dish!
What is Lahmacun?
Lahmacun is an iconic Turkish dish that’s become a bit of a foodie staple. In a lahmacun, minced meat and vegetables are piled onto flatbread and topped with a spicy paste of onions, garlic, and chili. The dish is often served with tomatoes and olives on the side, but you can also pair it with salad or pomegranate sauce. We created this recipe using our gluten-free flatbread mix, and we found that we really liked the flavor and texture of the flatbread mix compared to other mixes we tried. We recommend pairing this lahmacun recipe with our Tomato Salad or Pomegranate Sauce recipe.
Equipment
Ingredients
For the flatbread dough
- 1 cup (236.59 g) water (warm)
- 1 cup (244 g) milk (warm)
- ½ cup (112 g) oil
- 1 tsp sugar
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 pack instant yeast (fresh yeast is also fine)
- 700 gr gluten free flour (around 6 water glass)
For the minced beef sauce
- 400 gr minced beef (preferably mid-fat)
- 3 pcs paprikas (thin slices chopped)
- 2 pcs onions (thin slices chopped)
- 1 tbsp oil (skip this if your minced beef is fatty)
- 2 pcs tomatoes (grated or thinly chopped)
- 2 tbsp tomato paste (salca)
- 2 pcs garlic (grated)
- 1 tsp pepper
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tsp smoked/spicy paprika (optional)
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine the warm water, milk, and sugar.
- Then add the yeast and let it sit for 5–10 minutes to dissolve.
- Knead the dough with the oil, salt, and add the flour slowly until it is not soft and does not stick to your hands.
- Cover and let it sit aside for 1 hour to ferment.
- In a separate bowl, we make the minced meat combination for the lahmacun while the dough ferments.
- We topped our minced meat with finely diced onion, pepper, and garlic
- In a separate bowl, grate the tomato and mix in 2 teaspoons of pepper paste.and then pour it over our minced beef mixture.
- Finally, mix the dough thoroughly with the oil, spices, and salt.
- We divide the dough into palm-sized meringues after it has fermented.
- Dust the bottoms of the meringues with flour and spread them out thinly.
- Spread 2 spoonfuls of the minced beef mixture on top and bake for 5–6 minutes at 200 degrees.
- Alternatively, we cook it for around 5 minutes in a fireproof skillet or pizza pan with a lid.
- Delicious, enjoy!
Nutrition
What would be the best next to Lahmacun?
There are a lot of options, but if you want to go the authentic Turkish way, these would be good:
- Onion salad
- Mercimek Soup
- Pickles
Otherwise, you can simply try your gluten-free lahmacun with some squeezed lemon drops.
