How to make Lamb gyros

Gyros are a tasty middle east dish, using lamb makes a nice change from beef chicken and turkey. The secret in this recipe is to both marinade and dry rub with almost the same ingredients which really brings the flavor out.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 2 lb lamb
• 5 T of garlic
• 2 T olive oil
• The zest from one lemon
• 3 T juice from a lemon
• 2 T oregano and Rosemary fresh
• Dry rub
• 1/4 t salt and pepper
• garlic powder
• 1T dried rosemary and oregano Thyme
• 1t salt
• 1t pepper ground fine
• For the Gyro
• Pita bread
• tzatziki sauce
• onion
• tomato
• lettuce
• feta cheese

1. Rub garlic all over the Lamb
   
   Mix marinade ingredients together and marinate Lamb for 2-4 hours. The longer you can marinate the more fully developed the flavor will be.

2. Mix dry rub and when you are done marinating pat the lamb dry and put on the dry rub.

3. Grill the lamb turning midway. About 4-5 min a side minutes or alternately cook in a pan over medium high heat 4-5 min a side.

4. Let the lamb rest to keep in the moisture, while doing that warm some Pita bread in the oven.

5. Cut steaks in to small chunks put in pita with tomato, onions, lettuce and feta cheese. Top it all with tzatziki sauce. Enjoy

Resources

• silicone baking supplies

[infoalley]

on 1/30/2009 I love gyros and I love to cook. I also like authentic recipes from Greece and Italy. Thanks for sharing ~ Allison