If this is Turkish pizza, then why haven’t I been to Istanbul?
If it involves street food, I’m in. And although I’ve got a lot of direct, experiential research left to be done, it seems that pretty much every country with a shore on the Mediterranean Sea has a street specialty involving flat bread and lamb. Reason enough for a monumental road trip if you ask me…
In the meantime, while I wait to make my odyssey to the land of lamb and bread, I can always count on Saveur to come through with an intriguing recipe — so intriguing that I’ve made these 3 times in the past 2 weeks. Spicy, savoury and delicious, one of these makes an excellent snack. Two, together with a salad, make an easy and satisfying dinner.
Find the recipe from the October issue here.
If there’s anybody out there still recovering from Thanksgiving, but also troubled by a fridge full of bird, take note: I’m thinking Turkey Lahmacuns. A terrible pun, but also a new, refreshing way to work turkey into your family’s diet for the 3 or 4th time this week. Replace the ground lamb in the original recipe with finely diced cooked turkey, then cook as directed.
Do it, and you’ll find yourself enjoying a meal free of that familiar post-holiday refrain: “Turkey again?”
This is a great flavorful dish!
Oh my, how this looks absolutely wonderful! Did you find the flatbread easy to make?
The flatbread is very easy…
you should come istanbul and taste lahacun here;)
i love it..
These look really yummy, will have to try a veggie version, hate to be left out!!
Natalie, you’re right! I forgot to mention in the post that these are easy to “vegify” I was thinking some lightly mashed chickpeas would taste awesome! Theresa
I must sheepishly admit that I didn’t make turkey or any of the fixin’s for this year’s glutton-fest. Instead, I made pulled pork sammies with coleslaw. :-p So, I wasn’t plagued with the all dreaded question of, “What else should I make with turkey?”
I love the rustic appeal of those pizzas, though. I’m a big fan of “thin” pizza and yours look be right up my alley.
I’m a huge lahmajoun fan. Here is one of the areas where Turkey and Armenia disagree because Armenians claim it as their dish. When we spent a month in Armenia, we’d go to the deli down the street, buy 8 of these and 2 beers for $3. It was heaven (almost every day). I love this stuff.
I’m a huge fan of the way you spell them! Lahmajouns/Lahmacuns, Turkish/Armernian, why can’t we all just get along? ;) I’ll meet you in Armenia — 1st round is on me!
Hello fellow archipelagoian! I guess that is what we are? This looks delicious and I can’t wait to try the turkey spin on this. Drop on by my little spot in the blogosphere if you get a chance. I am really enjoying your blog and will give this post a little FB love, a Tweet and a Stumble for you!
Thanks so much! I’m off to check out your blog now!
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