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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Greek >> Greek

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. LAMB: | 2. Process the onion in food processor for 10 to 15 seconds. | 3. Put into dish towel and squeeze almost all juice and discard juice. | 4. Return onion to food processor and add lamb, garlic, marjoram, rosemary, salt, and pepper. | 5. Process about 1 minute until it becomes a fine paste. | 6. Scrape sides occasionally. | 7. TO COOK IN ROTISSERIE: | 8. Form the meat mixture into a loaf. | 9. Roll tightly in plastic wrap removing all air pockets. | 10. Twist ends so wrap is tight. | 11. Refrigerate at least 2 hours or overnight. | 12. Place meat on rotisserie skewer. | 13. Place aluminum foil, shaped like a bowl, underneath to catch drippings. | 14. Cook on high for 15 minutes. | 15. Reduce to medium and cook 30-45 minutes, until inside temp is 175. | 16. TO COOK IN OVEN AS LOAF: | 17. Preheat oven to 325. | 18. Place mixture in loaf pan. | 19. Place loaf pan in water bath and bake for 60-75 minutes. | 20. Temp should reach 165-170. | 21. Remove from oven and drain off fat. | 22. Place loaf pan on cooling rack. | 23. Place something heavy (such as a brick wrapped in aluminum foil) directly on top of meat fof 15-20 minutes. | 24. TZATZIKI SAUCE: | 25. Place yogurt in a tea towel, suspend over a bowl and drain for 2 hours in refrigerator. | 26. Place the chopped cucumber in a tea towel and squeeze to remove the liquid. | 27. Discard liquid. | 28. Combine drained yogurt with all other sauce ingredients. | 29. Store in refrigerator in air tight container up to a week. | 30. TO SERVE: | 31. Slice lamb and serve on pita bread with tzatziki sauce, chopped onion, tomatoes, and feta cheese. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
onion	1/2	cup	chopped	32.0	7.472	0.88	0.08
lamb	2	lbs	ground	2422.224	0.0	153.1354	195.8645
garlic	1	tablespoon	minced	17.88	3.9672	0.7632	0.06
marjoram	1	tablespoon	dried	4.607	1.0295	0.2152	0.1197
rosemary	1	tablespoon	ground	2.227	0.3519	0.0563	0.0996
kosher salt	2	teaspoons		-	-	-	-
black pepper	1/2	teaspoon	ground	2.8865	0.7354	0.1195	0.0375
plain yogurt	16	ounces		299.3706	43.9531	11.9748	7.9832
cucumber	1		peeled seeded chopped	-	-	-	-
kosher salt	1/8	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
garlic clove	4		minced	17.88	3.9672	0.7632	0.06
olive oil	1	tablespoon		119.34	0.0	0.0	13.5
red wine vinegar	2	teaspoons		1.9	0.027000000000000003	0.004	0.0
mint leaf	5 -6		minced	-	-	-	-
onion	1/2	cup	chopped	32.0	7.472	0.88	0.08
tomato	1/2	cup	chopped	13.41	2.898	0.6556	0.149
feta cheese	1/2	cup		198.0	3.0675	10.6575	15.96

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.