Greek gyro tortilla stuffed with meat bread with zaziki sauce – A detailed recipe for cooking. Share with friends: 
Time: 3 hours. 45 minutes Difficulty: easy Servings: 6 – 8 In the recipes volumetric containers are used in volume: 1 cup (tbsp.) – 240 ml. 3/4 cups (st.) – 180 ml. 1/2 cup (tbsp.) – 120 ml. 1/3 cup (Art.) – 80 ml. 1/4 cup (st.) – 60 ml. 1 tablespoon (tbsp) – 15 ml. 1 teaspoon (tsp) – 5 ml.
Ingredients for the recipe:
- 900 gr. minced lamb meat
- 1 finely chopped or grated on a coarse grater medium onions
- 1 tbsp. l chopped garlic
- 1 tbsp. l dried marjoram
- 1 tbsp. l dried ground rosemary
- 2 tsp coarse salt
- 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
- Zaziki sauce (see recipe below)
Zaziki sauce:
- 450 gr natural yogurt
- 1 peeled and finely chopped cucumber medium the size
- A pinch of salt
- 4 minced cloves of garlic
- 1 tbsp. l olive oil
- 2 tsp red wine vinegar
- 5-6 well-ground mint leaves
Recipes with similar ingredients: minced lamb, cucumbers, onions onions, garlic, marjoram, rosemary, yogurt, wine vinegar, mint
Recipe preparation:
- Chop the onion in a food processor for 10-15 seconds. and put it in the middle of a kitchen towel. Pick up the ends towels and squeeze out almost all of the juice. Pour the juice. Put the onions again in a food processor, add minced meat, garlic, marjoram, rosemary, salt, pepper and beat until small paste, about a minute. At if necessary, turn off the harvester and collect minced meat from the edges bowls.
- For cooking in the oven in the form of meat bread, do the following: Preheat the oven to 160 ° C. Put the mixture in mold for bread, pressing it to the edges of the mold. Put the form on water bath and bake for 60-75 minutes until the mixture reaches temperature 74-77 ° C. Remove from the oven and drain all the fat. Place the bread pan on the wire rack and place it directly on meat surface brick wrapped in aluminum foil. Give stand for 15-20 minutes until the internal temperature reaches 80 ° C. Cut into slices and serve on pitas with zaziki sauce, chopped onions, tomatoes and feta cheese.
- To cook on a skewer, do the following: Form a loaf of minced meat and put on top 2 piece of cling film (they must be at least 46 cm. in length). Wrap the mixture tightly in cling film, making sure that no air bubbles left inside. When the meat is full wrapped, start twisting the ends of the cling film until it the surface will not become dense. Put in the refrigerator at least for 2 hours or overnight to thicken the mixture.
- Preheat the grill to a high temperature. Put the meat on spit. Lay a piece of double aluminum foil, curling it, onto a tray directly under the meat so that juice flows on it. Cook with high temperature for 15 minutes. Increase the heat to medium and continue cooking for another 20-30 minutes, until the internal temperature meat does not reach 74 ° C. Turn off the fire and leave the meat on a skewer for another 10-15 minutes, until its internal temperature reaches 80 ° C.
- To serve, cut into slices, and put on tortillas with sauce zaziki, chopped onions, tomatoes and feta cheese.
Zaziki sauce
Put yogurt on a kitchen towel, connect the ends and hang over the bowl. Strain for 2 hours in the refrigerator. In a kitchen towel put chopped cucumber and squeeze as much juice as possible, juice pour out. In a medium-sized bowl, mix the strained yogurt, cucumber, salt, garlic, olive oil, vinegar and mint. Serve in as a sauce for gyros. Keep refrigerated in airtight container up to 1 week. Yield: 1.5 tbsp.
