Sunday, December 2, 2007

Easy Gyro Sandwiches


Found this easy recipe in a Las Vegas magazine. It took a little time to prepare and cook but well worth it. This is one of the best gyro's I've tasted. No need to head out to the Greek restaurant to get your gyro fix once you make this recipe.

Ingredients:
1 lb. 30%fat ground hamburger (do not use lean)
1 lb. ground lamb
3/4 cup onion chopped very fine
2 tsp garlic powder
1 1/2 tsp oregon
1 tsp marjoram
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 Tbsp sugar
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
Pita bread
Tzatzki (cucumber sauce) sauce -available at Trader Joe's or Whole Foods or make your own
Tomatoes
Cucumbers
Onions
Feta cheese

Drain onion by wrapping tightly in a paper towel and squeezing out excess fluid. Usiny your hands, combine meats, onions, spices, sugar and lemon juice in a large bowl. Once combined, and working in batches if necessary, finely grind meat mixture in a food processor, blending approximately 1 minute until paste like. Hand pat and tightly squeeze mixture into a medium size glass loaf pan, pressing down to eliminate any air pockets. Cover and chill overnight.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Uncover loaf and bake for 50-60 minutes until somewhat dry. Drain fat and place a brick wrapped in foil atop loaf to compress further, leaving intact for approx. 20 minutes. Slice meat thinly and wrap in warmed pita bread, serving with Tzaziki, tomatoes, onions and feta. If desired, brown slices in a small amount of olive oil in a frying pan before assembling.

2 comments:

Missy said...

excellent! thom loves gyros and from the looks of the ingredients this might work for our family! i love when you put up recipes :)

Jackie said...

I have a couple of new recipes I'll be trying out this weekend. If they turn out to be good, I'll put them on the blog.