What’s Cookin’?: Homemade Gyro

Ingredients:

• For the Meat Mixture
  • 1 pound ground lamb (or beef)
  • 1/4 cup red onion (minced)
  • 2 cloves garlic (minced)
  • 2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon cumin
  • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 2 teaspoon fresh lemon juice

• For the Sandwich
  • 4 rounds flatbread (or pita)
  • 1 leaf of lettuce
  • 1 tomato (sliced)
  • 1 onion (sliced)

• Tzatziki sauce
  • 2 cup sour cream
  • 1 cup plain yogurt
  • 1 cucumber
  • 2-3 cloves of garlic or ¼ tsp garlic powder
  • 1/2 tablespoon salt
  • 1/4 tablespoon white pepper
  • 5 tablespoon olive oil
  • 4 tablespoon lemon juice

Marusia and Mia Melackrinos