Cooking Gyros

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Lanshark

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Does anyone have a recipe that they've tried to make the Gyro meat (Loaf)?

I tried one from a recipe on the net and the texture was ok but the taste wasn't anywhere close to the Gyro meat you get at restaurants/
 
This probably isn't what you're looking for, but it's good.

Bobby Flay's Pork Gyros w/ Yogurt-Tomato Sauce

1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup dry red wine (I used red wine vinegar instead)
4 cloves garlic, chopped
1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh oregano, plus more oregano for garnish
2 (1-pound) pork tenderloins
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
4 grilled pita pockets, for serving
Mesclun greens or baby spinach, for serving
Thinly sliced red onions, for serving

Whisk together oil, wine, garlic and oregano in a baking dish. Add the pork and turn to coat. Cover and marinate in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours or overnight.
Preheat grill to high.

Remove pork from marinade and season with salt and pepper. Grill until golden brown on all sides and cooked to an internal temperature of 150 degrees F. Let rest 5 minutes and slice into 1/4-inch thick slices.

Build gyros by drizzling each pita with the yogurt sauce, then adding mesclun, onion, and meat. Drizzle with more sauce and garnish with oregano.


Yogurt-Tomato Sauce:
1 pint Greek yogurt
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1 plum tomato, seeded and finely diced
2 tablespoons capers, drained
1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh oregano leaves
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Combine all the ingredients, cover, and let sit in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes before serving.
 
I haven't tried this, but Cooks Illustrated recipes are painstakingly well-tested and usually fabulous:
Lamb Gyroshttp://www.cooksillustrated.com/printrecipe.asp?recipeids=4417&bdc=53004

The gyros meat you get in restaurants would be really hard to duplicate exactly at home, at least as far as texture goes, I'd think.

I'd be interested in a recipe too as a meatloaf.

As for the texture in restaurants, it is not a loaf. It is actual side of lamb marinated and roasted all day on a turning rotisserie spit.
 

Some restaurants also slice the lamb really thin and stack in on a spit to cook. When it's cut it has a more tender consistency than regular slices. I saw that on Diners, Drive-ins & Dives. ;)
 


















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