Lamejun (lah·me·june) is very much like a pizza, only with a much thinner crust than that of pizza. The dough is traditionally topped with minced meat and minced vegetables, but we love Ana Sortun’s recipe featuring spinach, yummy haloumi (a semi-hard, unripened brined cheese from Cyprus made from a mixture of goat’s and sheep’s milk) and labne (lab·neh), made by draining full-fat yogurt.
1½ pounds spinach, washed
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
Finely grated zest of 1 lemon
1 tablespoon dried mint
½ pound haloumi, finely grated
½ cup labne or crème fraiche
Salt and white pepper to taste
14–16 ounces pizza dough (preferably whole grain)
Note: To save time, use pita bread or a pre-cooked pizza shell.
Recipe by Ana Sortun, for Oldways’ Culinaria in Turkey in 2012; content and photo courtesy of Oldways.
5 Stars! Delicious! I made a double batch, 1/2 as a pizza topping on a gluten-free crust, 1/2 as a side dish (no crust). Instead of lemon zest I used some preserved lemon, and labne instead of creme fraiche.