Birgül Duyar, affectionally known as Rose, is a caterer for the Turkish community of Arkansas and Little Rock’s Turkish Food Festival. Rose is an active participant in charity work assisting families and children, and also spearheads several outreach programs. For her tireless work, Rose was awarded the Citizen's Achievement Award from the Little Rock Police Department. Currently, she does catering and teaches classes here at Eggshells.
Lahmacun
Ingredients:
- 4 cups flour
- 1 and 1/2 cups water
- 1 pocket dry yeast (10 grams)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 pound 80/20 ground beef
- 1 large or 2 small tomatoes
- 1 small onion
- 1/2 green bell pepper
- 1/2 red bell pepper
- 1/4 of parsley
- 1 teaspoon salt ( desired amount)
- 1/2 teaspoons black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoons crushed red pepper
- 1/4 cups vegetable oil
- 3 tablespoons cold water
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
Instructions:
- Pre-heat oven to 425 degrees.
- Mix all the ingredients for the dough and knead. It should be a soft dough that will not stick to your hands. Let it rest for 30 minutes.
- In the meantime finally chopped vegetables in the food processor. Mix vegetables and ground beef, spices, and tomato paste.
- Divide the dough into 70 gram pieces and shape into rounds using dough rolling pin.
- Spread the minced meat mixture over the dough and bake until fully golden brown.