Lahmacun | Turkish Street Food Pizza with Minced Meat

Place the wheat flour and 1 tsp salt in a large mixing bowl. Dissolve the fresh yeast together with the sugar in lukewarm water and let sit briefly until bubbles form. Pour the yeast mixture into the flour and knead everything into a smooth, elastic dough for about 8 to 10 minutes. Shape into a ball, cover, and let rise in a warm place for approx. 45 minutes until doubled in size.

Finely chop the onion, garlic cloves, tomatoes, and pointed pepper, or pulse briefly in a food processor to form a fine texture. Place the minced beef in a bowl and add the finely chopped vegetables, tomato paste, olive oil, sweet paprika powder, ground cumin, chili flakes, 1 tsp salt, and black pepper. Thoroughly knead everything with your hands until a spreadable, homogeneous meat paste forms.

Thoroughly preheat the oven together with a baking sheet or pizza stone at maximum heat (preferably 250 °C top/bottom heat). Divide the risen dough into 4 equal portions. On a floured work surface, roll out each portion paper-thin (approx. 2 mm) into an oval or round shape.