Middle Eastern Stuffed Flatbreads
by Nagi Maehashi
This is a Middle Eastern spin on popular Turkish gozleme. Enjoy the lamb but don’t fear the dough!
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 brown onion, finely chopped
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- 400g lamb mince
- 3 tsp harissa Middle Eastern spice blend
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
- Fresh coriander leaves, to serve
- Lemon wedges, to serve
- 2 1/2 cups self-raising flour
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 4 tomatoes, sliced
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
Method
- Make Flatbread Dough: Using an electric mixer fitted with a dough hook, beat flour, salt, oil and 3/4 cup water on medium speed for 3 minutes or until smooth (see note). Cover bowl with plastic wrap. Set aside for 5 minutes to rest.
- Meanwhile, heat 1 tablespoon oil in a frying pan over high heat. Add onion and garlic. Cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add mince. Cook, breaking up lumps with a wooden spoon, for 3 minutes. Add spice blend, salt and pepper. Cook for 5 minutes or until mince is browned. Transfer to a heatproof bowl. Stand for 10 minutes. Cover. Refrigerate for 10 minutes or until cooled.
- Preheat oven to 100C/80C fan-forced. Divide dough into 4 equal portions. Roll out 1 portion of dough on a lightly-floured surface to form a 2mm-thick, 22cm x 50cm rectangle. Leaving a 1cm border, spoon 1/4 of the mince mixture onto one half of the dough, spreading to form a thin layer. Fold dough over to enclose filling, pressing edges together to seal. Repeat with remaining dough and mince, layering between sheets of baking paper.
- Heat 2 teaspoons of remaining oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Place 1 flatbread in pan. Cook, pressing with a spatula to flatten, for 2 minutes or until browned. Turn. Cook, pressing with spatula, for a further 2 minutes or until dough is cooked through and browned. Transfer to a baking tray. Place in oven to keep warm. Repeat, in batches, with remaining oil and flatbreads.
- Make Tomato Salad: Arrange tomato, slightly overlapping, on a serving plate. Season with salt and pepper. Stand for 5 minutes. Drizzle with oil and lemon juice.
- Cut each flatbread into 6 pieces. Sprinkle with coriander. Serve with salad and lemon.