Lahmajoun / Armenian Pizza

Serves/Makes:8
Ingredients
  • 1/2 lb (.2 kg). fine ground lamb
  • 1/2 lb (.2 kg). fine ground beef
  • 1 green pepper, finely diced
  • 1 red pepper, finely diced
  • 2 cloves minced garlic
  • 1/4 cup (60 ml) minced parsley
  • 1 Spanish onion, diced fine
  • 1 cup (225 ml) peeled/seeded tomato, diced
  • 1 tsp (5 ml) salt
  • 1/2 tsp (2 ml) fresh black pepper
  • 4 tbsp (60 ml) olive oil
  • 12 whole pita breads
    1/4 Cup pine nuts
    1/4 Teaspoon ginger
    1/2 Teaspoon cinnamon
    1/4 Teaspoon allspice
    1/4 Teaspoon ground cumin

 

Preparation
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees (175 C.).
  • Heat olive oil in a large pan.
  • Add onion, peppers, and tomato; cook for 10 minutes.
  • Add the rest of the ingredients (except for pita).
  • Cook for an additional 10 minutes.
  • While the topping is cooking, take a sharp knife and split the pita bread in half.
  • Place the pita halves on a cookie sheet and brush with a bit of olive oil.
  • Spoon some of the finished topping onto the pita bread and flatten with a spatula.
  • Bake the lahmajoun for 15 minutes more until browned and crispy.

 

Variation
 
If you want to make your own dough:
 
Dough Ingredients
1 tbs dried yeast
1/4 c. warm water
3 tbs vegetable oil
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp salt
3 to 3 1/2 cups sifted flour

 
   
Instructions:  
Mix yeast with warm water, let stand for 5 minutes. Add over the oil, sugar, salt and flour. Mix well. Knead the dough very well for 8-10 minutes. Put in a greased pan. Turn dough in pan, cover with a cloth and let stand in a warm place till double in size for 45 minutes. Mix the filling mixture together.

Cut the dough into five portions. Roll each portion into a circle 1/2 inch thick. Spread the filling ingredients over the five circles. Put into a greased pan and bake in 350 degree oven for 30 minutes or till slightly brown.

Other variation are:

You can use tortilla bread or commercial biscuit dough that you can flatten with a roll.





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