Gyros Lamb Roast 

Slice the lamb as thinly as possible, place it on pita bread, add Kalamata olives and feta cheese along with tomatoes, onion, and tzatziki. Homemade + from scratch = Gyros

Servings

8

Ready In:

3 hours

Good For:

Main Dish

 

Gyros Lamb Roast

By: Diane Chohesy

 

Ingredients

Marinade 

  • 1 \3 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1/2 teaspoon thyme
  • 1/2 teaspoon oregano
  • 1/2 tsp Bay leaf
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Tzatziki

  • 3 cups plain Greek yogurt

  • 1 grated cucumber (grate into bowl; with paper towel squeeze out excess liquid to get most of the juice out before mixing into the yogurt)

  • 2 -3 crushed garlic cloves – two or three depending on how garlicky you want it

  • Extra Virgin olive oil

  • Salt

  • Dash of vinegar

  • Dash of lemon juice

Add all this together to taste and leave in fridge to settle and get cold.

 

Step by Step Instructions

 

 Step 1

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

Place entire roast and marinade in 9 x 13 pan or equivalent.

Use a meat thermometer to roast lamb at 300 degrees if you prefer a slow roast (appx 2 hours) OR or roast at 425 degrees if you need it cooked sooner (appx 60 -90 min).

Turn temperature down if the oil starts to smoke which it could at 425 degrees

 Once the lamb is done (160 degrees F), let it sit for 15 minutes covered in foil.

This is a good time to slice your onions, tomatoes, etc.