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Best Lachmagine (lahm bi ajeen recipe)

Estee
Incredible Lachmagine made on a base of homemade focaccia dough topped with saucy meat, fresh vegetable salad, and techina drizzle.
5 from 1 vote
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Prep Time 1 hr
Course appetizers
Cuisine middle eastern
Servings 2 Lachmagine Pizzas

Ingredients
  

  • one recipe of focaccia dough, or a ball of store bought pizza dough, defrosted and at room temperature focaccia dough recipe is linked in the blog post above (look for the photo of focaccia)

Meat Topping

  • 500 gram beef and minced lamb (half of each) or choose only beef or lamb
  • 3-4 TBSP olive or canola oil
  • 4 cloves garlic minced
  • 3 tsp paprika
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp pepper
  • 1/4 tsp cinnamon
  • 2 tsp tomato paste
  • 2 tsp honey
  • 2 TBSP BBQ sauce
  • 1 ½ TBSP water

Salad

  • 2 tomatoes or a handful of red cherry tomatoes
  • 7-10 yellow cherry tomatoes
  • ⅛ cup purple onion diced
  • 1 Tbsp parsley minced

Techina

  • ¼ cup raw techina
  • ¼ cup water
  • 1 TBSP lemon juice
  • 1 garlic clove finely minced, optional
  • Salt to taste
  • Sumac for garnish

Instructions
 

For the focaccia base:

  • Preheat the oven and a baking stone or baking steel to its highest setting. Or turn a baking sheet upside down and preheat it.
    Divide homemade dough or pizza dough into 4 equal pieces.
    When the oven is hot(give it a good 20 minutes to preheat), sprinkle some flour underneath and on top of each piece of dough and press it out into an oval shape. Flour your hands and stretch the dough gently until each log is around 5-6 inches long by 3 inches wide. Make sure to keep the centre a tad thick so it can hold all the fillings.
    Slide the focaccia logs onto a pizza stone or preheated baking sheet and bake for 4-6 minutes, depending on your oven, until golden.
    Remove carefully from the oven and brush the edges with olive oil. Set aside while you prepare the rest of the dish, store at room temperature in an airtight bag, or freeze immediately.

For the meat:

  • Heat oil and add garlic, cook until fragrant. Add meat and cook until no longer pink. Add spices, tomato paste, honey, bbq sauce, and water and cook until the meat is done and saucy, another 2 minutes. Set aside.

For the Chopped Salad:

  • Chop cherry tomatoes and toss with onion and parsley.

For the techina:

  • Add techina and water to a small bowl and mix to combine. The techina will seize, keep mixing until lighter in colour and smooth. Add lemon juice, salt, and garlic, if using. Mix until combined.
  • Serve
  • Top each focaccia log with meat mixture. Place on a baking sheet and pop into a hot oven to warm up, for about 5 minutes. (if making for a shabbos meal simply pre heat the focaccia and meat separately on the plata and then assemble.) Remove and place on a pretty wooden cutting/serving board. Top the meat with salad and drizzle with techina. Sprinkle with sumac. Slice into sticks about an inch-1 1/2 inches thick each. Serve extra techina for dipping on the side.
Keyword beef, bread, meat pizza, middle eastern