Turkish Manti
Kayseri's tiny Turkish dumplings — thimble-sized parcels of spiced minced lamb, boiled and buried under garlic yoghurt and a sizzling red pepper butter, finished with dried mint and sumac.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 400 g plain flour
- 1 egg
- 150 ml cold water
- 2 tsp salt
- 300 g minced lamb or beef
- 1 medium onion, grated and squeezed
- 15 g flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
- 0.5 tsp black pepper, ground
- 500 g thick plain yoghurt
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 60 g butter
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 2 tsp Aleppo pepper (pul biber)
- 1 tsp dried mint
- 1 tsp sumac
- water, for boiling
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 2980 kcal · P 136.6g · C 360.2g · F 105.1g
Estimated from 15 of 16 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
Steps
Steps
- 1Mix the flour, egg, cold water and 1 tsp of the salt into a firm, smooth dough, knead for 8 minutes, then cover and rest for 30 minutes.
- 2Mix the minced meat with the onion, parsley, 1/2 tsp of the salt and the black pepper.
- 3Stir the garlic into the yoghurt and leave it at room temperature so it is not fridge-cold when served.
- 4Roll the dough out on a floured surface as thin as you can, about 1 mm, and cut it into 3 cm squares.
- 5Put a chickpea-sized piece of filling in the centre of each square, then bring the four corners up and pinch all the edges together into a little pouch.
- 6Bring a large pan of water to the boil with the remaining salt and cook the manti in two batches for 8–10 minutes, until they float and the dough is tender; drain.
- 7Melt the butter in a small pan, stir in the tomato paste and Aleppo pepper and let it sizzle for 1 minute until the butter turns red.
- 8Divide the manti between warm plates, spoon over the garlic yoghurt, drizzle with the red butter and scatter with the dried mint and sumac.
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Questions and answers
How long does Turkish Manti take to make?
About 90 minutes: 75 min prep and 15 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Turkish Manti?
16 ingredients: plain flour, egg, cold water, salt, minced lamb or beef, onion, flat-leaf parsley, black pepper, thick plain yoghurt, garlic cloves, butter, tomato paste and 4 more.
How many servings does this Turkish Manti recipe make?
4 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Turkish Manti?
About 745 kcal, with 34.2 g protein, 90 g carbohydrate and 26.3 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
What cuisine is Turkish Manti?
Turkish Manti comes from Turkish cuisine.
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