Greek lamb pittas
Serves 2
A little effort
Total time:
If you're looking for a quick, easy, Mediterranean-inspired dinner, these Greek lamb pittas are ideal. Ready in under 30 minutes with a garlic yogurt sauce, they're perfect midweek.
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- 2 lamb leg steakstrimmed of all fat and skin
- oil
- 1 lemonjuiced
- 6 tbsp natural yoghurt
- 1 clove garlichalved
- 1 tbsp of finely chopped dill
- 100g red cabbagevery finely shredded
- 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 12 baby plum tomatoeshalved
- ¼ small red onionvery finely sliced
- 2-4 pittas
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal558
- fat14.6g
- saturates6.3g
- carbs56.8g
- fibre5.8g
- protein46.8g
- salt1.3g
Method
step 1
Step 1
Put the lamb in a dish and add a splash of oil, half the lemon juice and lots of seasoning. Mix the yoghurt, garlic and dill and season.
step 2
Step 2
Toss the cabbage with the red wine vinegar and a pinch of sugar.Toss the tomato and onion with some salt and a little more lemon juice.
step 3
Step 3
Heat a griddle to very hot. Cook the lamb for 3-4 minutes on each side until you get a really good colour. Rest for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, griddle the pittas on the same griddle, until grill-marked.
step 4
Step 4
Slice the lamb very thinly. Put a pile of lamb, some pickled cabbage and the tomato and onion salad on plates. Scoop the garlic out of the yoghurt. Add warm pitas and a pot of yogurt sauce to each plate.
