Moroccan Inspired Piadini
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Moroccan Inspired Piadini

Prep Time: 10 Minutes

Total Time: 30 Minutes

Servings: 10

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Ingredients

Directions

Nutrition

Ingredients

  • 2 Tbsp (30 mL) canola oil
  • 1.5 lb (750 g) ground beef
  • 3 Tbsp (45 mL) Ras El Hanout spice blend*
  • 2 tsp (10 mL) salt
  • 1 tsp (5 mL) pepper
  • 1.5 lb (750 g) split red lentils, cooked
  • 2 cups (500 mL) cucumber, small dice
  • 2 cups (500 mL) tomato, small dice
  • 2 cups (500 mL) spinach, rough chopped
  • 20 oz (600 g) ricotta cheese
  • 2 tsp (10 mL) thyme
  • 2 tsp (10 mL) paprika
  • ½ cup (125 mL) pumpkin puree, canned
  • 10 each, whole wheat naan flatbread, lightly toasted on griddle

Directions

  1. In a large sauté pan, add oil and beef and begin to brown. Add spice blend, salt, and pepper. When meat is browned, add lentils to absorb flavor and heat through. Toss well to coat.
  2. While the meat crumble is cooking, mix cucumbers, tomatoes, and spinach together in a bowl and set aside. Mix ricotta cheese with thyme and paprika and set aside.
  3. To serve, spread pumpkin puree over a warm piece of flatbread. Top flatbreads evenly with meat crumble, vegetable mix, and dolloped ricotta cheese.

*Ras El Hanout is becoming a popular North African blend of up to 20 spices available through most foodservice purchasing channels. A quick and simplified alternative to this, which you could make in a pinch would including mixing ground cinnamon, paprika, ground cardamom, ground turmeric, and cumin seeds.

Nutritional Information

  • Serving Size: 1 piadini
  • Per serving:
  • Calories 680
  • Total Fat 28 g
  • Saturated Fat 11 g
  • Cholesterol 65 mg
  • Carbohydrates 71 g
  • Dietary Fibre 7 g
  • Sugar 7 g
  • Protein 36 g
  • Sodium 1070 mg
  • Potassium 896 mg
  • Folate 172 mcg

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