Lavas appetizer with minced meat
4 servings
30 minutes
Lavash snack with minced meat is a wonderful dish of Armenian cuisine that combines rich flavors and appetizing texture. Thin sheets of lavash carefully wrap around the aromatic filling of juicy minced meat sautéed with onions and carrots. Fresh tomato slices, crispy lettuce leaves, and spicy garlic mayonnaise complement the composition. The finishing touch is a layer of tender grated cheese that makes the roll even richer and more harmonious. After cooling, the dish acquires a dense texture, allowing for easy cutting into neat pieces. This snack is perfect for festive tables, picnics, or light dinners, and its delicate taste and aroma of spices will provide gastronomic pleasure to every gourmet.
1
Chop the onion finely. Grate the carrot on a coarse grater.
- Onion: 1 piece
- Carrot: 1 piece
2
In a frying pan with heated vegetable oil, sauté the onion. After 3 minutes, add the carrot and fry until the carrot is half cooked.
- Onion: 1 piece
- Carrot: 1 piece
3
Add the minced meat to the onion and carrot, fry for 20-25 minutes, stirring occasionally, season with salt and pepper.
- Mince: 400 g
- Mayonnaise: to taste
- Fresh herbs: to taste
4
Slice the tomatoes into rounds. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater. Wash and dry the lettuce leaves.
- Tomatoes: 2 pieces
- Cheese: 100 g
- Green salad leaves: 1 bunch
5
Mix mayonnaise with garlic pressed through a press. Finely chop the greens.
- Mayonnaise: to taste
- Garlic: 1 clove
- Fresh herbs: to taste
6
Unroll the lavash, spread it with garlic mayonnaise, evenly distribute the filling on it, leaving 2-3 cm from the edges, and sprinkle with greens.
- Armenian lavash: 3 pieces
- Mayonnaise: to taste
- Mince: 400 g
- Fresh herbs: to taste
7
Spread garlic mayonnaise on both sides of the second lavash and place it on top of the filling. Distribute lettuce leaves over the lavash, place tomato slices on top of the lettuce, and drizzle mayonnaise over the tomatoes.
- Armenian lavash: 3 pieces
- Mayonnaise: to taste
- Green salad leaves: 1 bunch
- Tomatoes: 2 pieces
- Mayonnaise: to taste
8
Cover the tomatoes with a third layer of lavash, lightly smeared with garlic mayonnaise on both sides. Sprinkle grated cheese on top of the lavash and carefully roll it into a roll.
- Armenian lavash: 3 pieces
- Mayonnaise: to taste
- Cheese: 100 g
9
Place the finished roll in the refrigerator for 30–60 minutes, then it can be sliced crosswise, 1.5–2 cm thick.
