Roasted Lamb Gyro W/ Tzatziki

Roasted Lamb Gyro W/ Tzatziki

The lamb makes delicious gyros or can be made as a separate dish. The same goes for the Tzatziki, goes beautifully with the lamb or as a dip for pitas.

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Course: Appetizer, Main Course

Cuisine: Greek

Keyword: dinner, dip, gyro, lamb, tzatziki

Prep Time: 2 hours

Cook Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Total Time: 3 hours 30 minutes

Servings:

Calories: 538kcal

Equipment

food processor
sheet pan with rack
box grater

Ingredients

4 lb boneless leg of lamb
6 cloves garlic roughly chopped
1/4 cup oregano chopped
1 tbsp rosemary chopped
1 lemon
1/4 cup olive oil
2 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
1 small head of romaine lettuce cut into ribbons
1 cup cherry tomatoes halved
1/2 cup feta cubed
6 pitas

Tzatziki

1 cup Greek yogurt
3/4 English cucumber grated and drained
2 tsp lemon zest
3 cloves garlic minced
2 tbsp mint minced
1 tbsp olive oil
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper

Instructions

Butterfly lamb and place into large pan for marinading.
Place garlic in food processor and pulse a few times, add herbs and pulse again. Cut up the lemon into chunks and place in food processor. Add oil, salt and pepper and process until lemon is pulp like. Spread 1/2 onto the lamb, turn and cover the other half with the remainder of the lemon rub. Cover with plastic wrap and marinade in refrigerator for 4 to 6 hours.
Preheat oven to 450. Remove lamb from refrigerator so it can come to room temperature which should take about 30 minutes. Place lamb onto rimmed baking sheet covered with aluminum foil and with a rack on top. Place in oven for 15 minutes then lower temp to 400 and continue roasting for 40 to 50 minutes. Remove and let rest covered for 15 to 20 minutes.
While lamb is roasting cut lettuce, tomatoes, and feta and prepare tzatziki sauce. (Recipe follows).

Tzatziki

Grate cucumber on box grater, place onto clean kitchen towel and squeeze out as much of the liquid as possible. Place into medium bowl and add Greek yogurt, lemon zest, garlic, mint, olive oil, salt and pepper.

Building your Gyro

Thinly slice lamb.
Split pita or use as you would a tortilla without splitting. Place on plate and stuff with a couple of the slices of lamb, a tablespoon or two of tzatziki, lettuce, tomatoes and feta.

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