traditional gyros

Traditional Gyros

Cuisine Recipes

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Make a Greek gyro sandwich at home with this recipe that I totally love!

Cooking Ingredients

    • 1 small onion, cut into chunks

    • 1 pound ground lamb

    • 1 pound ground beef

    • 1 tablespoon minced garlic

    • 1 teaspoon dried oregano

    • 1 teaspoon ground cumin

    • 1 teaspoon dried marjoram

    • 1 teaspoon dried thyme

    • 1 teaspoon dried rosemary

    • 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

    • ¼ teaspoon sea salt

    • 12 tablespoons hummus

    • 12 pita bread rounds

    • 1 small head lettuce, shredded

    • 1 large tomato, sliced

    • 1 large red onion, sliced

    • 6 ounces crumbled feta cheese

    • 24 tablespoons tzatziki sauce

Cooking Direction

    Place onion in a food processor and finely slash. Move onion to a piece of cheesecloth and crush out the fluid. Place onion in an enormous bowl.

    Blend sheep, hamburger, garlic, oregano, cumin, marjoram, thyme, rosemary, dark pepper, and salt with the onion utilizing your hands until all around blended. Cover bowl with cling wrap and refrigerate until flavors mix, around 2 hours.

    Preheat the broiler to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).

    Place meat combination in a food processor and heartbeat until finely cleaved and crude, around 1 moment. Pack meat combination into a 7x4-inch portion container, guaranteeing there are no air pockets. Place the portion dish into a broiling container and pour sufficient bubbling water around the portion skillet to arrive at mostly up the sides for a water shower.

    Heat in the preheated stove until presently not pink in the middle, 45 to an hour. A moment read thermometer embedded into the middle ought to peruse somewhere around 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Pour off any gathered fat and cool marginally.

    Meagerly cut the cooked gyro meat portion.

    Spread 1 tablespoon hummus onto every pita bread. Then top each with a portion of the gyro meat cuts, destroyed lettuce, tomato cuts, red onion cuts, feta cheddar disintegrates, and 2 tablespoons tzatziki sauce to finish each sandwich.