In collaboration with Tasty, Easy Lamb.
Saturday nights are pizza night in our house. We sit around our oversized coffee table in the living room and, as a family, we eat pizza and watch a film together (it’s Avatar this week!). I like to jazz things up a bit with my pizza recipes, like this spicy lamb pizza with feta, rocket and a yogurt drizzle.
A good pizza starts with the right pizza base, and I’m quite lucky in that my bread machine has a pizza dough setting so I’m never more than 45 minutes away from freshly made pizza dough. This recipe, with equal parts strong bread flour and semolina, is our tried and tested dough recipe, working really well with a variety of toppings. Failing that, there is definitely a time and a place for a ready made base.
The spicy lamb topping features one of my favourite ever spices: cumin seeds. I coarsely grind the whole seed in a mortar and pestle before adding them, along with ground cinnamon, to a browned red onion and lamb mince for a rather fantastic flavour.
Chilli flakes are an optional extra. I like heat in my pizza whereas my children lament ‘Fire in the mouth! Fire in the mouth!’ if a bit ends up on theirs, so with a recipe like this, serving four, one pizza gets the chilli treatment and the other doesn’t. The cumin and cinnamon do add a lovely spice flavour to the meat though, even without the chilli.
To serve, a yogurt drizzle to help calm down some of the heat. You can either drizzle it over the top of your pizza or dip your pizza slices into it, whichever you fancy!
What’s your favourite pizza topping? Have you ever tried lamb on a pizza before? What did you think of it?
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Spicy Lamb Pizza with Feta, Rocket & Yogurt Drizzle
Ingredients
for the pizza dough
- 7 grams instant dried yeast (one sachet)
- 170 grams strong bread flour
- 170 grams semolina flour
- 1 tsp caster sugar
- 0.5 tsp sea salt
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 200 ml lukewarm water
- coarse polenta to roll out dough
for the pizza sauce
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 3 garlic cloves finely chopped
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 390 grams finely chopped tomatoes
for the topping
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 small red onion finely chopped
- 125 grams lamb mince
- 0.5 tsp cumin seeds coarsely ground
- 0.5 tsp ground cinnamon
- 0.5 tsp dried mint
- 0.5 tsp chilli flakes
- 75 grams feta cheese
for the yogurt drizzle
- 150 grams plain natural yogurt
- 1 small green chilli optional
- 1 tbsp fresh mint leaves finely chopped
- 1 tbsp water to thin, if needed
to serve
- rocket leaves
- feta cheese
Instructions
- To prepare the pizza dough using a bread machine add the ingredients into the bowl in the manufacturer's recommended order and select the 'pizza dough' setting, if you have it. If not, select 'dough' and let it run.
- To prepare the dough by hand, mix the dry ingredients together in a medium sized bowl, make a well in the centre and add the water. Stir until incorporated and turn out onto a floured surface and knead for 10 minutes. Transfer the dough to a clean, oiled bowl, cover and leave to rise until doubled in size, about 1.5 hours.
- Meanwhile, prepare the pizza sauce. Heat the oil in a small saucepan over a medium heat and gently fry the garlic and oregano together for a minute. Add the tomatoes, turn the heat down to low and leave to simmer with the lid slightly off for 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- To prepare the lamb topping, heat the oil in a non-stick pan and gently saute the onion until it begins to soften. Add the lamb mince and cook until browned all over.
- Add the spices, cook a further minute and remove from the heat.
- Preheat a pizza stone in the oven at 220 C/ 200 C fan.
- Knock back the pizza dough and divide into two equal portions.
- Sprinkle two sheets of non-stick baking paper with coarse polenta and roll out your pizza dough to fit the size of your pizza stone.
- Spoon half of the pizza sauce over each pizza and divide the spicy lamb mixture evenly.
- Sprinkle the pizzas with feta cheese and bake for 12-15 minutes.
- To prepare the yogurt drizzle, combine all the ingredients in a small food processor, adding water if needed to thin.
- Remove the pizzas from the oven, sprinkle with extra feta cheese, if desired and garnish with rocket leaves. Serve the pizza with the yogurt drizzle.
OTHER LAMB RECIPES YOU MIGHT LIKE
BBQ Lamb Leg Steaks in a Herb Marinade
Leftover Roast Lamb & Mint Sausage Rolls
Quick & Easy BBQ Lamb Skewers
BBQ Lamb Leg Steaks with Harissa & Mint
15-Minute One-Pan Lamb & Quinoa Midweek Supper
Street Food: Brazilian-Style Lamb Kibe
Chilean-inspired Lamb Burgers with Pebre & Marraqueta Buns
Brazilian-inspired Lamb Feijoada with Mango Salsa
Slow Cooker Lamb Chilli with Pasilla Peppers
Argentine-inspired Lamb Chops with Chimichurri
Lamb Casserole with Ale
Mediterranean-inspired BBQ Koftas, Couscous Salad & Baharat Yogurt Dip
Slow-cooked Shetland Lamb Casserole with Creamy Herbed Polenta
Pastitsio – Greek Macaroni Pie
OTHER PIZZA RECIPES YOU MIGHT LIKE
Heritage Wheat Wholegrain Pizza with Summer Pesto & Grilled Vegetables
Chorizo & Grilled Vegetable Pizza
Garlic & Kale Pizza
Wild Scottish Venison Pizza with Wild Garlic Pesto
Revolutionise Your Baking with the Pizza Steel
This is a commissioned recipe for Tasty, Easy Lamb, although all thoughts and opinions expressed are our own. Thank you for supporting the brands who make it possible for me to do what I love: mess up my kitchen and share recipe stories.
Mum of three, daydream adventurer, OU Life Sciences graduate, occasional crafter, ex-pat Canadian & quite possibly Britain's most northerly food blogger.
Ushmana says
Never been a big fan of lamb meat, so this combination looked not so appealing for me at first. Still, I was convinced by the images and decide it to give it a try. Guys, it was…absolutely D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S! Seriously, try this recipe at least once!
Silvija says
My husband for sure would love this! Need to make this one day
Surrey mama says
Yum! This looks like my kind of pizza its the feta and lamb combination that sounds so good! I think I might try this … x
Colette says
This sounds delicious! I love anything with feta on it!
Hayley's little things says
This has made me so so hungry! I’m going to have to try this one out!
Rocky Mountain Woman says
Love the idea of the lamb!
Your photos are lovely.
Kate - gluten free alchemist says
I love a good rustic pizza. The toppings on this one sound amazing! x
Mimi Swaby says
I need to try that yogurt drizzle!
Anna Johnston says
Nothing better than pizza & a movie to chillax and kick back, add in a delish bottle of red and I’m good to go. Am liking the flavors with this lamb pizza too.
I do like the pizza dough recipe, so thanks for that, I confess to buying packet mix for the breadmaker, but I’m thinking it’s time to get a good homemade dough going, so thanks for sharing.
Gloria @ Homemade & Yummy says
LOVE this. We are pizza fanatics who just happen to love lamb too. What a great combination of flavours. Pour me a glass of wine and call this dinner!!
Bintu - Recipes From A Pantry says
MMM yum yum, this spicy lamb pizza looks amazing Elizabeth. Love all the herbs and the feta cheese
Rich Tyler says
Yeeeah i love this, it looks to die for, great idea 🙂
Emily Coates says
Mmmmm this looks and sounds divine! Thanks for sharing the recipe x
Emily says
Mmm this looks delicious, I’m always looking for new pizza topping ideas!
Dannii says
I love Lebanese spicy lamb Flatbreads, and this looos similar to them. It makes a nice change from the usual pizzas.
Leila Benhamida says
Wow! This is so mouth watering and really looks delicious. I love lamb and feta. Will make this on Friday, it will be an awesome treat.
Emma @ Supper in the Suburbs says
Just yum! Spicy lamb on a pizza? That sounds delicious! I’ve had goat before but never lamb. It’s nice to see something other than pork!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says
That is one fantastic and unique idea for some pizza!
Sam | Ahead of Thyme says
This pizza looks sooo delicious! Pinning to make soon!
Laura says
Oh wow this sounds so delicious. I don’t eat red meat or lamb but it would be easy to substitute and the drizzle sounds so yummy. Great weekend dish
Laura x
Jessica McDonnell says
That pizza looks amazing, my husband would love this. As I’m vegetarian I’d probably replace the lamb with some quorn substitute x
Jenni says
This pizza looks so fantastic! I will definitely have to make it for my husband and I one night!
Sarah | Boo Roo and Tigger Too says
I’m craving pizza now, this looks so delicious
Angela says
wow this pizza looks and sounds amazing. I love lamb and rocket together.