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Baked Spiced Lamb Flatbread

A soft, yeasted dough folded around a spiced lamb filling brightened with pomegranate molasses and kasseri. I like it because the filling can be made days ahead and the whole thing bakes in under half an hour.

  • YieldServes 6 · 1 long flatbread, cut into 6 pieces
  • Hands-on55 min
  • Total2 h 46 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

Dough

  • 120 mlwarm water
  • 1 tspactive dry yeast
  • 1 tbsphoney
  • 190 gall-purpose flour, plus extra for rolling
  • ¾ tspkosher salt
  • 2 tbspextra-virgin olive oil, divided

Filling

  • 340 gground lamb
  • 1small onion, finely chopped
  • 2 tspbaharat spice blend
  • 1 tspdried spearmint
  • 1 tbspMaras pepper flakes
  • 2 tbsptomato paste
  • 2 tspTurkish red pepper paste
  • 1 clovegarlic, finely chopped
  • 1½ tbsppomegranate molasses
  • 25 ggreen onions, green part only, finely sliced
  • 75 gkasseri cheese, grated

Finish

  • 28 gunsalted butter, melted

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Dairy
  • Mustard
  • Goat, sheep, buffalo or camel milk
  • Legumes (any)
  • Fenugreek
  • Wheat
  • Olive
  • Pomegranate
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Tomato
  • Bell (sweet) pepper
  • Chili peppers
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Garlic
  • Scallion (green onion)
  • Cabbage family (any)
  • Fennel
  • Ginger
  • Turmeric
  • Cilantro / coriander
  • Mint
  • Black and white pepper
  • Cinnamon
  • Clove
  • Cardamom
  • Cumin
  • Yeast
  • All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
  • Lamb and mutton
  • Honey
  • Chili heat (capsaicin)
  • Fructose
  • FODMAPs (any)

Taste

  • Heat
  • Sweet
  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh
  • Aromatic spice

Texture

  • Tender-braised
  • Chewy

Equipment

  • Oven
  • Stovetop
  • Stand mixer

Season

  • Any season

Occasion

  • Weekend project
  • Entertaining

Effort

  • 45–90 min active
  • 1–3 hours total
  • Difficulty 3
  • Needs advance prep
  • Make-ahead friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: moderate
  • Protein: moderate
  • Carbs: moderate
  • Fat: high
  • Fiber: low
  • Sodium: moderate

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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