Lamb Pizzas

Name: Lamb Pizzas
Prep time: 2 h 30 min
Cook time: 2 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 7 grams packet active dry yeast 2 teaspoons sugar; 946 milliliters all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting; 2 Tbsps chopped fresh cilantro; 59 milliliters chopped fresh mint; 2 Tbsps chopped fresh parsley; 59 milliliters Greek yogurt; 158 milliliters Greek yogurt; 0 teaspoons ground allspice; 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 454 grams ground lamb or beef; 12 servings Kosher salt; 12 servings Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper; 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice; 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice; 2 Tbsps extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for brushing and drizzling; 6 Tbsps extra-virgin olive oil; 118 milliliters finely chopped onion; 118 milliliters pine nuts; 2 plum tomatoes, seeded and finely chopped; 118 milliliters finely chopped red bell pepper; 1 teaspoons red pepper flakes; 2 teaspoons fine salt; 237 milliliters semolina flour; 6 Tbsps tomato paste

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Lamb Pizzas a try. One portion of this dish contains roughly 16g of protein, 23g of fat, and a total of 456 calories. This recipe serves 12. This recipe covers 19% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up active yeast 2 teaspoons sugar, lemon juice, semolina flour, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the salt you could follow this main course with the Apple Turnovers Recipe as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 2 hours and 30 minutes.

Instructions

Combine the yeast, sugar, olive oil and 2 cups warm water; let stand 5 minutes.

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Olive Oil

Sugar

Water

Yeast

Whisk both flours and the salt in a large bowl.

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Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Add the yeast mixture to the flour mixture and stir with a fork until the dough forms. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6 minutes.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Yeast

Place in a bowl brushed with oil, cover and let stand until doubled in size, about 1 hour.

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Cooking Oil

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Bowl

Punch down the dough and divide into 12 pieces.

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Dough

Punch

Roll each piece into a ball, cover and let stand until doubled in size, about 45 minutes.

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Roll

Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat.

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Olive Oil

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Frying Pan

Add the pine nuts, onion and bell pepper; cook, stirring, until softened, about 6 minutes. Stir in the tomato paste and cook 1 minute.

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Tomato Paste

Bell Pepper

Pine Nuts

Onion

Add the remaining 1/4 cup olive oil, the lamb, cumin, cinnamon, red pepper flakes, allspice and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Cook, breaking up the meat, until browned, 5 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes and cook 1 minute.

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Red Pepper Flakes

Olive Oil

Allspice

Cinnamon

Tomato

Cumin

Lamb

Meat

Salt

Remove from the heat and stir in the yogurt, lemon juice, cilantro and parsley; season with salt.

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Lemon Juice

Cilantro

Parsley

Yogurt

Salt

Make the sauce: Stir the yogurt, mint, lemon juice and 1/4 cup water in a bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Refrigerate, covered, until ready to use.

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Salt And Pepper

Lemon Juice

Yogurt

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Water

Mint

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Bowl

Preheat the grill to medium.

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Grill

Cut twelve 9-inch squares of parchment paper. Stretch each piece of dough into an 8-inch round, brush with olive oil on both sides and stack the rounds, separating each with parchment.

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Dough

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Invert the dough onto the grill; remove the paper. Grill in batches until golden brown on the bottom, 1 to 2 minutes. Flip and spread each round with 1/4 cup lamb mixture, leaving a border. Continue grilling until the dough is charred in spots and cooked through, about 3 minutes.

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Spread

Dough

Lamb

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Grill

Transfer the pizzas to a platter.

Drizzle with olive oil and serve with the sauce.

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Photograph by Con Poulos