Recipe Details

Summary

Name: Make Your Own Gyro Meat

Category: Greece

1 pound ground lamb

1/2 cup very finely chopped (or shredded) onion

2 teaspoons fresh minced garlic

3/4 teaspoon salt (preferably sea salt)

1/2 teaspoon dried ground marjoram

1/2 teaspoon dried ground rosemary

1/4 teaspoon black pepper

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

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

gyro feel on your palate. 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. Alternatively, bake in the oven in a meatloaf shape for about 45

minutes to 1 hour, at 325 degrees F. It should be a bit dry.