Make Your Own Gyro Meat

GreekLambIntermediate120 minBy Northstar

Ingredients

Servings
4
  • 1 lb ground lamb
  • 0.5 cup very finely chopped (or shredded) onion
  • 2 tsp fresh minced garlic
  • 0.8 tsp salt (preferably sea salt)
  • 0.5 tsp dried ground marjoram
  • 0.5 tsp dried ground rosemary
  • 0.3 tsp black pepper

Instructions

  1. 1

    Mix everything together and let sit in the fridge for 1-2 hours.

  2. 2

    Blend in a food processor for about 1 minute. (When cooked, this will help give it a more traditional gyro feel on your palate.

  3. 3

    Otherwise, it just takes like cooked minced meat.) Form into an oblong around a spit, and slow cook over a grill for around 30-45 minutes, cooking far from the coals, and rotating slowly.

  4. 4

    Alternatively, bake in the oven in a meatloaf shape for about 45 minutes to 1 hour, at 325 degrees F.

  5. 5

    It should be a bit dry.

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