Gyro Meat
Author: Bethany Lotulelei
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Serves: 6-8
- 1 small onion peeled, and quartered
- 2 pounds ground beef or lamb
- 6 cloves minced garlic
- 2 T Italian spices (oregano, rosemary, thyme)
- 3 teaspoons ground cumin
- 1 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoons ground black pepper
- Blend the onion chunks, and then put them into a paper towel and squeeze out the moisture.
- Stir all the ingredients, including the blended onions, together in a bowl and set in the fridge to marinate for 1-24 hrs.
- Remove meat mixture from fridge. Adding a little at a time, blend it in your blender.
- Take the meat mixture, and pack it into a bread pan, being careful to remove any air pockets.
- Bake at 350 for 50 minutes or until done.
- Remove the pan from the oven, pour off any oil that has accumulated.
- Wrap a brick or heavy bread pan in foil, and set on top of the gyro meat loaf, to compress the meat. After twenty minutes, remove the weight.
- Chill, and then slice into thin strips for your gyros!
Recipe by Heavenly Homemakers at https://www.heavenlyhomemakers.com/how-to-make-a-gyro
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