This TikTok-famous manti-style lamb pasta could be your new crush

Name: This TikTok-famous manti-style lamb pasta could be your new crush
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Turkish,Contemporary
Ingredients: 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; 1 onion, finely chopped; 4 garlic cloves, crushed; 500g lamb mince; 400g can crushed tomatoes; 1½ tbsp sumac, plus extra to serve; 1 tsp dried mint; 400g trottole pasta; ½ cup Greek-style yoghurt; 2 tbsp lemon juice; 50g unsalted butter, chopped; 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced; finely chopped parsley, to serve

It has all the flavours of Turkish manti dumplings, but you can rustle it up in less than 30 minutes.

Jessica Brook

May 19, 2025

An easy midweek pasta dish that riffs on the flavours of Turkish manti dumplings.Steve Brown

easyTime:30 mins - 1 hourServes:4

Riffing on the flavours of Turkish manti dumplings, I’ve created a simple midweek pasta dish. If you can’t find trottole (curly pasta shaped like spinning tops), use another small sturdy pasta such as fusilli, rotini or orecchiette.

Ingredients

1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 onion, finely chopped
4 garlic cloves, crushed
500g lamb mince
400g can crushed tomatoes
1½ tbsp sumac, plus extra to serve
1 tsp dried mint
400g trottole pasta
½ cup Greek-style yoghurt
2 tbsp lemon juice
50g unsalted butter, chopped
2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
finely chopped parsley, to serve

Method

Step 1
Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan over high heat. Add the onion and garlic, season with salt and cook for 4 minutes, or until they start to colour.
Step 2
Add the mince and cook for 8 minutes, breaking it up in the pan with the back of a spoon. Add the tomato, 1 tablespoon of the sumac, ½ teaspoon of the dried mint, and ½ cup water. Bring to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes.
Step 3
Meanwhile, cook the pasta in boiling salted water for 6-8 minutes, or until al dente. Drain. Add the pasta to the pan with the meat sauce and toss to coat.
Step 4
Combine the yoghurt and lemon juice, then fold them through the pasta. Adding lemon juice helps stabilise the proteins in yoghurt so it won’t curdle when you add it to a hot dish.
Step 5
Heat a small frying pan over high heat. Add the butter and garlic and cook for 2 minutes, or until nutty brown. Remove from the heat and add the remaining sumac and mint.
Step 6
Divide the pasta between bowls and serve with the garlic butter and chopped parsley.