Cooking Tips
Turkish flatbread with minced beef, herbs and spices
This quick and easy Turkish flatbread has a spiced minced beef topping. It’s a brilliant way to use beef mince, and tastes great with a drizzle of minted yoghurt.
Ingredients
For the topping
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, plus extra for drizzling
- 250g/9oz beef or lamb mince
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp hot smoked paprika
- 2–3 tsp tomato purée
- ½ tsp fine sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- fresh mint and coriander leaves, to serve
For the dough
- 200g/7oz Greek-style yoghurt
- 200g/7oz self-raising flour, plus extra for rolling
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
For the minted yoghurt
- 4 tbsp Greek-style yoghurt
- 1 heaped tbsp finely chopped fresh mint leaves
Method
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Preheat the oven to 220C/200C Fan/Gas 7. Lightly oil a large baking tray and place in the oven to heat.
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To make the dough, put all the ingredients in a large bowl with ½ teaspoon salt and ½ teaspoon black pepper. Use your hands to mix and bring together into a dough. Knead lightly on a floured surface, then, using a floured rolling pin, roll into an oval shape roughly 32x22cm/12½x8½in.
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Take the hot baking tray out of the oven, place the dough on top and drizzle with 1 tablespoon oil, season with ground black pepper and bake for 8–10 minutes, or until puffed up and browned around the edges.
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While the flatbread is baking, make the topping. Pour the oil into a large frying pan and add the mince, spices, salt and some pepper. Cook over a medium heat for 3–4 minutes, stirring constantly until the mince is broken up, but don’t allow the spices to burn. Add the tomato purée and cook for about 1 minute more, stirring all the time. Set aside.
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Take the flatbread out of the oven and spread with the mince mixture, drizzle with 1 tbsp oil and return to the oven for 2 minutes.
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For the minted yoghurt, mix together the yoghurt in a bowl with the mint, a small pinch of salt and a tablespoon of cold water.
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Drizzle the flatbread with more oil and the minted yogurt mixture. Scatter with fresh mint and coriander leaves.
Turkish flatbread with minced beef, herbs and spices