These lamb flatbreads make a delicious midweek meal. A little like a pizza the flatbread is topped with savoury minced lamb.
These easy lamb flatbreads are similar to Turkish pides (Turkish style pizza). They are an easy to make casual dish ideal for a fun midweek meal.
The recipe is based on a recipe from the BBC Good Food magazine Minty lamb flatbreads with, of course, my own tweaks to make the recipe just how I like it, and I'm sure you will like it too.
Easy flatbreads
Having recently discovered how easy flatbreads are to make I now make my own more often than buying them. This recipe uses one of the simplest flatbread recipes I use, requiring just 4 ingredients, flour, oil salt and water.
The recipe for the flatbreads themselves is from on my baking blog Only Crumbs Remain. which I serve with all sorts of middle eastern style dishes and kebabs and even just for serving with dips.
The Good Food recipe for these flatbreads used ready bought bread and of course if time is really tight you could do the same and knock off 50 minutes or so as the dough does need to rest.
But given they are so easy and not all that time is hands-on its well worth making your own. I have decided to include the instructions for making your own breads as part of this recipe so you have both options.
Cook's Tip
If you don't want to make own flatbreads, serve the lamb on top of small Khobez (Arabic) flatbreads, pitta breads or flour tortillas.
Making the flatbreads step by step
The lamb topping
The mince lamb topping takes minutes to prepare and about 10 minutes or so to cook. I've pimped it up a little from the original recipe by adding some paprika to spice mix and chopped red pepper for some added freshness and crunch to the topping.
Once the topping is cooked it is piled onto the flat breads and popped under the grill for a few minutes.
To compliment the dish I then serve it drizzled with some yogurt flavoured with some chopped fresh mint.
Cook's Tip
If you do not have any fresh mint take about 1 teaspoon of mint sauce and squeeze out the vinegar and add to the yogurt.
Making the lamb topping step by step
What to serve with Lamb Flat Breads
These flatbreads are great on their own or served with a simple green salad. alternatively, you could serve one of these great side dishes.
Easy lamb flatbreads
Equipment
- Heavy based frying pan or griddle
- rolling pin
- baking sheet
Ingredients
for the flatbreads
- 325 g plain flour all-purpose flour plus extra for dusting
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoon olive oil extra virgin plus extra for greasing
- 200 ml water
for the topping
- 400 g lean minced lamb
- 2 cloves garlic crushed
- 2 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 2 teaspoon paprika
- 1 large tomato deseeded and chopped
- 1 red pepper seeded and chopped
- 100 ml natural yogurt
- 1 tablespoon chopped mint plus extra mint to sprinkle
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
To make the flatbreads
- Place 325g (11oz) flour and ½ teaspoon salt in a mixing bowl and make a well in the centre.
- Pour 3 tablespoon olive oil and 200ml (7floz) water into the well and mix the flour and liquid together to form a smooth slightly sticky dough. If the dough is very sticky mix in a little more flour.
- Cover the bowl and leave to rest for 30 minutes.
Cook the mince topping
- Meanwhile. Place 400g (14oz) lamb in a nonstick frying pan and cook over a high heat until the mince has chnaged colour.
- Stir in 2 crushed cloves garlic, 2 teaspoon ground coriander 2 teaspoon paprika and 1 teaspoon cumin and cook for 2–3 minutes until the mince is browned and there is no liquid in the pan.
- Stir in the diced pepper and tomato and season to taste.
Cook the flatbreads
- Divide the dough into 4 equal-sized pieces and roll each one out on a floured surface until it is about the size of the base of your frying pan.
- Heat the pan and lightly oil and when the pan is very hot place a flatbread in the pan and cook for 1–2 minutes. When you see the breads start to bubble up and that the underside is begining to brown flip over and cook the other side until golden.
- Place on a plate and cover with a clean tea towel while cooking the remaining flatbreads. Repeat with the other breads lightly greasing the pan if required in between cooking each flatbread.
To complete
- Heat the grill to high and arrange the flatbreads on a baking tray. Spread the lamb mixture over the top and grill for 2-3 minutes.
- While the breads are under the grill, stir 1 tablespoon chopped mint into 100ml (4floz) yogurt. Serve drizzled over the flatbreads and sprinkle with chopped fresh mint.
Sheeba says
These flatbreads look so amazing. Seem quite simple too!
Jacqueline Bellefontaine says
They really are simple - Give them a go and tell me what you think.
Michelle Rolfe says
Lovely summery dish. Great flavours in this as well and perfect when you don't want to spend hours in the kitchen. Cheers, Michelle x
Jacqueline Bellefontaine says
Yes exactly. Easy and quick even if you ae making your own flatbreads.
Eb Gargano | Easy Peasy Foodie says
Utterly delicious. I make something very similar so I know how good it tastes! Eb x
Nic | Nic's Adventures & Bakes says
Thanks for sharing 🙂 These flatbreads look lovely 🙂
Nic | Nic's Adventures & Bakes
Jacqueline Bellefontaine says
Thank you Nic, they are fast becoming a fav in our house.
Kavita Favelle says
These look so good. I recently shared a recipe for lahmacun, another type of flatbread topped with spiced lamb so I know I'd also love this one, based on pides, bookmarking to make soon!
Jacqueline Bellefontaine says
I hope you do try it Kavita I think is so simple and very tasty. Ive not heard of Lahmacun I must look it up.
Jhuls @ The Not So Creative Cook says
I am not into lambs but this one looks really delicious, Jacqui. I would be glad to try it. Thanks for sharing!
Jacqueline Bellefontaine says
oh I love lamb! I guess it would work pretty well with both pork and beef too if your preferred.