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Meat mains
Turkish pizza with radish and mint tzatziki
Ingredients
for the pizza dough
- 250g pasta flour (00 if you can get it)
- 3g instant dried yeast granules
- ½ tsp caster sugar
- ½ tsp fine sea salt
- 150ml water
- 1 tbsp olive oil
for the topping
- 3 tbsp oil for frying, e.g. vegetable or sunflower
- 2 onions, finely sliced
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 450g minced lamb
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 100g pine nuts, toasted in a dry frying pan until golden
- juice of ½ lemon
for the tzatziki
- 200g plain yoghurt
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- 4 tbsp fresh mint, chopped
- juice of ½ lemon, more to taste
- ½ tsp ground cumin
- 1 bunch (10-12) radishes, ends trimmed, washed, cut into fine slices
- ½ cucumber, diced
- 4 tomatoes, diced
Method
Prep time:
6h
30 min
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Cooking time:
20 min
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First make the pizza dough
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Step 1
Put the flour in a large bowl. Put the yeast and sugar on one side and the salt on the other. Make a well in the middle of the flour. -
Step 2
Pour in the water and oil. Stir to mix together, then use your hands to make a soft dough. Remove it from the bowl and knead, lightly oiling the work surface if it starts to stick, for 10 minutes. It should be elastic and smooth. -
Step 3
Use a piece of kitchen paper to lightly oil the same bowl, then form the dough into a ball, pop it back in the bowl and cover the bowl with clingfilm. Leave to rise for 4-6 hours - it should double in size.
For the topping
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Step 1
Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large pan. Add the onion and garlic and fry for 5 minutes until the onion is browned and crispy. Remove from the pan and add another tablespoon of oil. -
Step 2
Add the lamb and fry until browned all over. Add the onion back to the pan, with the cinnamon, cumin and coriander. Cook for 5 minutes. Stir in the pine nuts and lemon juice. -
Step 3
Preheat oven to 230°C/Gas 8. Place a heavy baking tray in the oven and allow it to heat.
Make the tzatziki
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Step 1
Stir the yoghurt, garlic, mint and lemon juice together in a bowl. -
Step 2
Remove the dough from the bowl and knead for a couple of minutes, then divide into 2 pieces. Allow to rest for 5 minutes, then stretch or roll out each piece to form a long oval shape (it doesn't have to be too exact). -
Step 3
Transfer one pizza onto the heated baking tray. Sprinkle over half the mince. Cook for 10 minutes, or until golden brown and crisp. -
Step 4
Sprinkle half of the radish, tomato and cucumber down the middle of the pizza, then half of the tzatziki. -
Step 5
Repeat with the other pizza. Serve half a pizza per person, with a green salad.