Gyros!

I've been wanting to make gyros at home for quite a while. So on Black Friday, I ordered a vertical rotisserie on sale from Amazon and set out to make them. I drove all over town looking for ground lamb and finally found it for $8/lb. I found a decent-looking recipe and mixed everything up in the food processor and let it spin for an hour or two. I chopped some fresh tomatoes and made fresh tzatziki sauce from real cucumber and Greek yogurt. The sauce was so good and it's definitely worth the hassle to make gyros at home!

Ingredients

1/2 onion, cut into chunks

1 pound ground lamb

1 pound ground beef

1 tablespoon minced garlic

1 teaspoon dried oregano

1 teaspoon ground cumin

1 teaspoon dried marjoram

1 teaspoon ground dried rosemary

1 teaspoon ground dried thyme

1 teaspoon ground black pepper

1/4 teaspoon sea salt

Directions

Place the onion in a food processor, and process until finely chopped. Scoop the onions onto the center of a towel, gather up the ends of the towel, and squeeze out the liquid from the onions. Place the onions into a mixing bowl along with the lamb and beef. Season with the garlic, oregano, cumin, marjoram, rosemary, thyme, black pepper, and salt. Mix well with your hands until well combined. Cover, and refrigerate 1 to 2 hours to allow the flavors to blend.

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).

Place the meat mixture into the food processor, and pulse for about a minute until finely chopped and the mixture feels tacky. 

Cook until the gyro meat is no longer pink in the center, and the internal temperature registers 165 degrees F (75 degrees C) on a meat thermometer, 45 minutes to 1 hour.