Gyros-You Are My Hero

Gyros-You Are My Hero

Hubby actually made an appearance at the grocery store with me the other day–shocking I know. He found it to be quite the social gathering and now knows why it takes me so long to get through the place! He also found all kinds of things that I never look at. For instance, lamb slices in our deli. Now I’ve seen them before but never thought to buy them and never thought about what I would do with them. He picked them up and said, “Let’s make gyros”. Now, I’m always game for something new, but there was no way I was going to buy the packaged tzatziki sauce! So I set out on a quest to find a recipe and threw together a mix of 3 different recipes and I think it turned out pretty perfect…

Gyros with Tzatziki Sauce

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 small cucumber-half grated, half chopped very small
• 1 tablespoon fresh dill weed
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest
• 1 cup Greek-style yogurt
• 1/2 small onion-sliced thinly
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• Salt & pepper to taste
• 1 pound thinly sliced Gyro lamb

Pitas

DIRECTIONS:

In a small mixing bowl, add the first seven ingredients. You may need to adjust the amount of sugar and salt and pepper to your liking. I tended to add a lot of pepper and the sugar helped cut the sourness of the yogurt. Cover and refrigerate while you get the meat and pitas ready.

In a fry pan, brown up the meat. It should be cooked already, you are just looking for it to get a little brown. Brush a little olive oil on each side of the pitas and in a separate pan, fry them on both sides until

they are a little brown.

Layer the meat on half of a pita, top with the tzatziki sauce and eat–not worrying about how messy you get from the yummy sauce that will end up all over your face and hands!

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