Middle Eastern · Dinner
Meat Topped Flatbread
A yeasted flatbread topped with spiced ground beef, onion, tomato, and parsley, baked hot until the crust chars at the edges and the meat renders into the dough. Seasoned with cumin, allspice, and chili powder, it is finished with lemon juice and served warm as a folded street snack.
$4
25 minsPrep
9 minsCook
34 minsTotal
MediumLevel
Nutrition per serving
471Calories
33.2gProtein
15.9gFat
57.8gCarbs
5.7gSugar
5gFiber
797mgSodium
87mgChol
5.5gSat Fat
721mgPotassium
68mgCalcium
5.8mgIron
2.4mcgVitamin B12
14mgVitamin C
Goes well with
Lebanese red wine
local
Ayran
international
high-fiber
spice-route
all-time-classics
Instructions
1
Prep
Whisk together flour, yeast, and salt for dough. Stir in warm water and olive oil until a shaggy mass forms.
2
Knead
Turn dough onto floured surface and knead by hand 5 minutes until smooth, elastic, and springs back when poked.
3
Proof
Place dough in oiled bowl, cover, and let rest 60 minutes at room temperature until doubled in size.
4
Prep
Combine ground beef, tomato, onion, garlic, tomato paste, cumin, chili powder, allspice, black pepper, and salt into loose paste.
5
Build
Punch down dough and stretch into thin oval about 1/8 inch thick on floured surface.
6
Build
Spread meat mixture evenly over dough to edges, pressing gently to adhere completely.
7
Bake
Slide flatbread onto preheated baking stone at 500°F and bake 7 to 9 minutes until edges char and meat cooks through.
8
Finish
Scatter parsley over hot flatbread and drizzle with lemon juice.
9
Plate
Fold flatbread in half and serve warm with lemon wedge.
Serves
2 portions ·
2 adults, 0 over 10, 0 under 10
Ingredients
- 11 oz420g beef-ground
- 7 oz200g all-purpose flour
- 2/3 cup160ml warm water
- 1/2 tsp1/2 tsp instant yeast
- 1/2 tsp1/2 tsp salt, for dough
- 1 tsp1 tsp olive-oil, for dough
- 3.6 oz100g tomato
- 2.8 oz80g onion
- 2 clove2 clove garlic
- 2 tbsp2 tbsp tomato-paste
- 1 tsp1 tsp cumin-ground
- 1 tsp1 tsp chili-powder
- 1/2 tsp1/2 tsp allspice
- 1/2 tsp1/2 tsp black-pepper
- 1/2 tsp1/2 tsp salt, for topping
- 2 tbsp2 tbsp parsley
- 2 tsp2 tsp lemon-juice
- 2 tsp2 tsp olive-oil, for brushing
- 22 lemon wedge, to serve
