Laaham Aidjeen – Middle Eastern Pizza

Middle Eastern pizza time! These homemade dough circles are topped with a meat and tomato mixture and make the best snack or lunch. And they are also freezable, so just pop one in the toaster oven when you have a craving. There will be a lot of extra topping, and that can be frozen as well to make another batch later on.

Laaham Aidjeen

Makes about 35

Dough:

3 tsp dry active yeast

¼ tsp sugar

Warm Water

4 cups white unbleached flour

2 cups whole wheat flour

1 tsp salt

1/3 cup olive oil

2 cups water

Mix the yeast and sugar together and add enough warm water to cover. Allow mixture to bubble. Meanwhile, put all the other ingredients in a large bowl, except the water. Pour in the risen yeast mixture and knead together, adding the 2 cups water. Let rise for 2 hours in a oiled bowl, punching down as needed.

Topping:

3 ground turkey packages

4 chopped green onions

5 TBS pomegranate concentrate juice

A splash of chicken broth

1 can + 4 TBS tomato paste

1 TBS + a pinch baharat

5 TBS lemon juice

1 can diced tomatoes

½ cup Tahini

½ tsp cayenne pepper

Mix all topping ingredients together in bowl with your hands, breaking apart the meat and blending well.

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. And line three baking sheets with foil, spray with cooking spray.

Form the dough into golf ball sized balls and cover them with saran wrap in the bowl. Taking out one ball at a time, roll it out to form an oval. Take some topping and thinly spread it on the dough- covering the entire surface to the edges, leaving no blank spots. Place on baking sheet. 

Once the first baking sheet is full, put in the oven for 12 to 15 minutes, until browned on the bottom and topping is cooked. Repeat with remaining dough.