Mediterranean
Lamb Gyro Plate
Lamb Gyro Plate is Mediterranean home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 1.5 lb ground lamb
- 1/2 lb ground beef
- 1 onion
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1 tbsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 cup plain Greek yogurt
- 1 cucumber
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 4 pita breads
- 2 tomatoes
- 1/2 red onion
- 1.5 tsp salt
How to cook it
- Heat the oven to 325F.
- Pulse the onion in a food processor and squeeze out the liquid, then process it with the lamb, beef, garlic, oregano, cumin, and salt into a smooth paste.
- Press the mixture into a loaf pan and bake until firm and cooked through, about 40 minutes, then rest and slice it thinly.
- Grate the cucumber, squeeze it dry, and stir it into the yogurt with the lemon juice and a pinch of salt to make tzatziki.
- Warm the pita breads.
- Serve the sliced gyro meat with the tzatziki, chopped tomatoes, red onion, and warm pita.
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Lamb Gyro Plate carries dairy and gluten. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Baked Falafel Plate |
| Gluten | Yes | Baked Falafel Plate |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Hearty
- Protein
- High
- Protein quality
- Complete
- Food groups it covers
- Meat or fish, Grains, Dairy, and Vegetables
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Lamb Gyro Plate takes about 60 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a proper project. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on lamb, yogurt, and pita.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from the United States.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
Dinejot plans breakfast, lunch and dinner as whole plates, built around the cooking you call home and filtered for the allergies at your table.
Meal suggestions support your goals. They are not medical advice. Please ask your doctor about your family's health needs.