Is there an Armenian version of pizza?

Question

Is there an Armenian version of pizza?

Answer 1

It's called Lahmahjoon...or Lahma bi ajin (middle eastern)...it basically means meat in dough. It's delicious. Here's a sample recipe...Of course you can always adjust it to your tasting.

**NB: a side note...using pita breads or flat breads are more authentic than tortillas...what works great is using a bread or pizza dough flattened and thinned out, and baked with the recipes.

Lahmahjoon (Armenian Pizza)

INGREDIENTS

1 pound lean ground lamb

1 1/2 cups finely chopped onion

1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper

1 teaspoon minced garlic

1 (14.5 ounce) can peeled and diced tomatoes

1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste

1/2 cup chopped fresh Italian parsley

1 teaspoon chopped fresh basil

1 tablespoon chopped fresh mint leaves

1/2 teaspoon ground cumin

1 pinch cayenne pepper (optional)

4 pita breads, or fluffy tortillas

DIRECTIONS

Place ground lamb in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and break into small pieces until mostly browned. Drain any excess grease. Add the onion, green pepper, and garlic. Cook until onion is translucent. Stir in diced tomatoes and tomato paste, then season with parsley, basil, mint, cumin, and if using, cayenne. Simmer for about 5 minutes. Remove from heat, cover, and refrigerate overnight to blend the flavors.

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Distribute the lamb mixture evenly over the tortillas, and spread out to the edges. Place the tortillas onto a baking sheet.

Bake for about 20 minutes in the preheated oven. Remove from the oven and place the lahmahjoons onto a large piece of aluminum foil so that two of them are meat side to meat side, then stack the pairs together, and bring the foil up over the top to keep warm. These can be served hot or cold. Cut into small wedges.

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2 garlic cloves

1 medium onion, roughly chopped

1 small green pepper, seeded and roughly chopped

1 pound ground lamb (or ground beef)

1 (6-ounce) can tomato paste

1 (14 1/2-ounce) can diced tomatoes

1/4 cup chopped parsley leaves

1/2 teaspoon ground cumin

1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Salt and pepper

Flour tortillas

Lemon wedges, to serve

Heat the oven to 400 degrees F.

Pulse the garlic in a food processor to mince it. Add the onion and pulse to chop, then add the green pepper and pulse to chop. Add the lamb, tomato paste, tomatoes, parsley, cumin, cayenne, and salt and pepper; process until everything is very well chopped. The consistency should be wet and pasty, like hummus. Spread a thin layer of the meat mixture onto flour tortillas all the way to the edge. Bake directly on the oven rack for 8 to 10 minutes, or until the edges are browned and the meat is cooked through. If the tortilla begins to inflate in the oven, pop it with a fork from the top. To serve, squeeze some lemon over the top, fold the pizza into quarters, and eat out of hand.

Answer 2

Pizza Hut

Papa John's

Domino's

Little Ceasar's

Papa Murphy's

Cici's

Chucky Cheese's

None of which are "real" pizza but American inturprtations of pizza

Answer 3

I can only think of lamacun. It has a much thinner base. In fact you can roll it up like a crêpe. - but that's Turkish, so I think it's unlikely that Armenians eat it.

Answer 4

not a version per say, they have a cracker bread that they top with items. Its not a pizza

Answer 5

Yes.....it's pizza!