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Middle Eastern · PANTRYHOP RECIPE

Lahm bi Ajeen (Meat Flatbread)

55 minutes · 6 servings · omnivore

A well-known Levantine meat flatbread, simplified with store-bought dough.

Ingredients

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  • 1 lb (450 g) ready-made pizza dough
  • 1 lb (450 g) ground lamb or beef
  • 1 small onion, finely chopped
  • 1 tomato, finely chopped
  • 1 tbsp tomato paste
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp allspice
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper

Let’s make it

  1. Heat the oven to 475 F/245 C and line a baking sheet.
  2. Cook the meat with onion in olive oil for 6 to 8 minutes, breaking it up. Stir in tomato, tomato paste, salt, allspice, and pepper.
  3. Roll dough into 6 thin ovals. Spread the meat topping over each one.
  4. Bake 10 to 12 minutes until the dough is crisp and the meat reaches 160 F/71 C.

Cut into strips for kids and let them fold the flatbread like a sandwich.

Cooking time varies with equipment and batch size. Follow school allergy rules for children’s meals; keep perishable lunches cold.

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