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Sooooo…I’m in Greece guys! GREECE!! We were in Mykonos for the last three days and just arrived in Santorini via ferry yesterday. I’ve been posting a tad on Instagram, but my wi-fi is pretty spotty, so it’s up in the air how often I’ll post. Mykonos was really beautiful, but Santorini is like a dream….pretty much straight out of a magazine. I promise I’ll tell you allll about it when I get back into the states next week.
To celebrate my time here, I put a couple blog posts together on what I thought the food might be like – first up, a classic gyro with a twist. Kevin has been to Greece before and informed me that all Gyros come with French fries stacked on top of them, which I didn’t believe at first, but after my first Gyro in Santorini, I can attest that it’s 100% true. Who knew??
Because I don’t have a professional rotisserie or spit fire, I thought it would be fun to take all of the flavors of a classic gyro and turn it into a burger. Ground lamb is combined with a little bit of grated onion, garlic, rosemary and oregano, shaped into patties and cooked off on an outdoor grill or grill pan. I slap the patty between two pieces of pita, and top the whole thing off with homemade tzatziki sauce, store-bought French fries, lettuce and tomato.
So delicious!! I’ll be back in a few days with a new recipe, and possibly some pictures of our trip. Opa!
Ingredients
- Burgers:
- 1 pound ground lamb
- 1 tablespoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
- 1 heaping teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- ½ onion, grated
- 2 garlic cloves, grated
- Tzatziki Sauce:
- 1 cup grated cucumber
- 8 ounces Greek yogurt
- 1 garlic clove, grated
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon fresh dill
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- Assembly:
- 4 Pita round
- Chopped Tomato
- Iceburg Lettuce
- 1 cup Frozen seasoned crinkle fries
Instructions
- For the burgers:
- Combine all ingredients, form into patties. Grill until medium, about 3 minutes per side.
- For the tzatziki
- Combine all ingredients.
- Assembly:
- Cook fries according to package directions. Place patty on pita and top with tzatziki, lettuce, tomato and French fries.
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