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Slow-cooked lamb gyros

• Sarah Cook

Published: June 16, 2020 at 9:31 AM

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Serves 6

Easy

Total time: 8 hrs and 20 mins

+ Marinating

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These gyros swap the traditional spit-roasted meat for pull-apart shredded lamb, and a moreish garlicky sauce

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Try our lamb gyros then check out our chicken gyros, pork gyros, spanakopita, Greek salad, and more Greek recipes.

These lamb gyros are made in a slow-cooker, check out how to use a slow-cooker in summer. Also try more slow cooker recipes such as our slow cooker meatballs, slow-cooker leg of lamb, slow-cooker beef curry and slow cooker chicken curry.

Energy-efficient and reliable, a slow cooker is the must-have appliance for batch cooking. Read our tried-and-tested reviews of the best slow cookers.

Ingredients

Nutrition

• 125ml red wine vinegar

• 75ml olive oil

• 4 tsp dried oregano

• 4 tsp dried mint

• 2 tsp garlic granules

• 2 tsp ground cinnamon

• ground to make 1 tsp black peppercorns

• ½ large (about 1kg) lamb shoulder (bone in)

• 1 tsp sea salt

• 1 onion

  thinly sliced

• 1 cucumber

  thinly sliced

• ½ lemon

  juiced

• 600g frozen oven fries

• flatbreads, large pittas or wraps

  to serve

• hot sauce

  (optional)

GARLIC SAUCE

• 100g tahini

• 2 cloves garlic

  crushed

• 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oi

• 200g greek yogurt

• ½ tsp caster sugar

Nutrition: per serving

• kcal950
• fat57.9g
• saturates18.5g
• carbs61.6g
• sugars6.2g
• fibre8.8g
• protein41.2g
• salt0.8g

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Method

• step 1

  Whisk together the vinegar, oil, dried herbs, garlic granules, cinnamon and pepper. Put the lamb shoulder in a dish or sturdy food bag, pour over the marinade and make sure all the meat is covered. Marinate for at least an hour, but ideally overnight.

• step 2

  Heat the slow cooker to low. Put in the lamb and marinade, and sprinkle everything with the sea salt. Cook for 5 hours, then up the slow cooker to high and cook for another hour while you get the rest of the fillings ready.

• step 3

  Mash the tahini with the garlic and oil in a bowl then gradually mash in the yogurt with 2 tbsp water to a smooth, thick sauce. Season with the sugar and plenty of salt. Toss the onion with the cucumber and dress with the lemon juice.

• step 4

  Cook the fries following pack instructions until really golden and crispy, and, when they’re almost ready, heat the flatbreads and wrap in a clean tea towel to keep warm.

• step 5

  Lift the lamb from the slow cooker and pour any juices into a jug (or gravy separator, if you have one). Use a couple of forks to shred the meat, discarding the bones, any gristly bits and large bits of fat that haven’t melted away. Pour off the fatty oil that has risen to the top of the juices, then toss the shredded meat with as much of the juice as you like. Taste for seasoning. Spread the warm flatbreads thickly with the garlic sauce, then top with piles of meat, veg, crispy fries and hot sauce, if you like. Wrap up and eat straight away.

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