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mock gyros

(1 rating)
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Recipe by
Jessica Hannan
@PansyAlvaris
Austin, TX

My husband loves gyros. I had never had them before. Lamb is expensive and hard to find, and in our current neighborhood, so is pita or naan. We make do. :)

(1 rating)
yield 4 serving(s)
prep time 10 Min
cook time 45 Min

Ingredients For mock gyros

  • THE MEAT :)
  • 2 lb
    ground pork
  • 3 tsp
    greek seasoning. (the herb only blend, no salt or msg!)
  • 1 tsp
    coarse kosher salt
  • 1 sm
    onion, thinly sliced
  • THE SAUCE
  • 2 lg
    cucumbers
  • 2 c
    plain yogurt
  • 1/2 tsp
    dried dill
  • 1 tsp
    dried parsley flakes
  • 1 pinch
    coarse kosher salt
  • EVERYTHING ELSE
  • flour tortillas
  • shredded lettuce
  • chopped tomatoes

How To Make mock gyros

  • 1
    Preheat oven to 450* Spray two metal loaf pans with non stick spray and set aside
  • 2
    Mix grorund poor, greek seasoning and salt. Once everything is mixed, flatten it down with the spoon and divide in half.
  • 3
    Take a piece of foil, that is large enough to be the length of the loaf pan and place one half of the meat on the foil in a log shape. It needs to be shorter then the loaf pan by 2 inches. Wrap the foil around the meat and roll it like play dough a few times. Unwrap the meat, neaten up the ends, and place in middle of loaf pan. Repeat with second half of meat.
  • 4
    Slice the onion thinly. I use a mandolin slicer because I am lazy. Once sliced, divide them in half and place around the meat logs.
  • 5
    Bake for 30-45 minutes, until done.
  • 6
    While the meat is cooking, lets play with our veggies! Peel and cube the cucumbers and place them in a food processor. Turn it on and turn them to mush! (this was a fun one. I had my hubby do this, and I told him to turn it on and walked out of the room. he got a little alarmed when it turned to mush)
  • 7
    Place a flour sack kitchen cloth in a strainer and place the cucumbers in. I use a bent handled icing spatula to get everything out of the processor. Gather the corners of the cloth, and twist to make a ball of cucumber with long cloth tails. Now....squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeze all the juice out of the cucumbers. Should look very strange and crumbly.
  • 8
    Place the cucumber in a bowl, and add the yogurt, dill, parsley and salt. Stir well, and let sit.
  • 9
    Once the meat is done, remove from oven, turn oven off, and place tortillas in oven to heat.
  • 10
    Slice the meat logs as thinly as possible.
  • 11
    Assemble the mock gyros. I like to take the tortilla, place meat, onions, then lettuce, then the sauce. YUM! My hubby likes to put tomatoes on his.
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