[senior citizen]

Tzatziki Sauce

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Rest time: 2 hours
Total Time: 2 hours, 15 minutes
Yield: 1 bowl of delicious tzatziki
Ingredients:

• 17 ounces plain Greek yogurt (or any strained yogurt)
• 1 cucumber peeled and grated (I find English cucumbers to be the best)
• 3 tablespoons of Greek olive oil
• 1 lemon, juice
• 1-2 teaspoon salt, to taste
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoon chopped fresh dill
• 1-2 teaspoons red wine vinegar, to taste
• 2 cloves pressed garlic
  Preparation:
  1. Put the Greek yogurt into a bowl, something big enough to mix in all ingredients.
  2. Take peeled cucumber and grate on a plate.*Important: squeeze out all juices from cucumber BEFORE adding it to the yogurt. Tzatziki is thick, and adding the juices from the cucumber will make is watery.
  3. Add olive oil, lemon, salt, pepper, dill, red wine vinegar, and garlic to cucumber-yogurt mixture.
  4. Mix thoroughly
  5. Let it rest. Place in refrigerator for a minimum of 2-4hrs. Preferably, overnight.
  6. Serve alongside bread, meat, veggies, or whatever you like!

GREAT ON LAMB GYROS , of course.

[mrfixit]

YUMM..!!!!

Thank You for posting this info,,,,,

.....will be making this soon...

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by mrfixit

YUMM..!!!!

Thank You for posting this info,,,,,

.....will be making this soon...

You are quite welcome. Here's the rest of the recipe....

Below GYRO recipe would be far superior to eating at any new burger joint. Plus it would not cost $25. and up for 2 meat patties. Enjoy your own backyard grills.


GREEK GYROS

Ingredients: (Makes 4 gyros in under 35 minutes that it takes to drive in traffic to burger joint)
Meat Mixture:
(Recipe can be increased for a crowd who will LOVE THEM.)

1 lb. ground lamb (or beef)
1/4 cup minced red onion
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. black pepper
1 1/2 tsp. cumin
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. dried oregano
2 tsp. fresh lemon juice
Sandwich:
4 rounds of flat bread or pita.
lettuce
tomato; sliced
TZATZIKI SAUCE (see other post)

Preparation:
Meat mixture
1. Thoroughly combine all ingredients in a bowl.

2. Divide into four equal portions and shape into oblong patties about 3" wide, 6" long, 1/2" thick.

Refrigerate for an hour.

Sandwich
3. Grill patties over a hot fire for 3 - 4 minutes per side.

4. Spread tzatziki sauce down the center of a flat bread round, add a lettuce leaf, add some diced fresh ripe tomato. Add the lamb patty, fold the bread over the lamb, and enjoy.