Gluten In Gyro Meat?

[jststric]

I was at a “Greek” restaurant last night and saw a Greek omelette. I hadn’t had a gyro since becoming gluten-Intolerant, due to the pita they always come in. So, I quickly googled if gyro meat was gluten-free and I got this 

  “A standard gyro meat recipe (you can find them simply by doing a google search) would be gluten-free. Lamb or lamb and beef mixed with spices and herbs and then cooked.” sourced from this website. I was excited, ordered and enjoyed it. But when I got home I decided to read the full article for fun and discovered this was not an article, it was simply PART of a reply to someone’s question if gyro meat was gluten-free. Google took the first PORTION of a someone’s reply in this forum. And it didn’t show the rest that said HOWEVER……!! DO NOT JUMP QUICKLY AND TAKE GOOGLE’s ANSWERS WITHOUT INVESTIGATING YOURSELF! IF YOU DON’T HAVE TIME BEFOREHAND, CHOOSE SOMETHING ELSE!

[Al Dente]

On 5/15/2006 at 6:08 PM, Mango04 said:

Falafel often contains gluten.

 

Here's an example of a recipe. You can see it contains bulgar.

http://www.recipezaar.com/114320

 

I've seen lots of other versions of falafel that contain wheat in various forms (not neccesarily flour). The gyro meat could have also been marinated in or spiced with something that consisted of gluten.

 

Hope you feel better!

You can make your own gyro meat and freeze the leftovers in portions.

1# ground beef

1# ground lamb

1/2 large white onion diced

6 garlic cloves minced

1 tsp. oregano

salt and pepper to taste

Place everything into a food processor with the cutting blade and run until a smooth paste is achieved.

Transfer mixture into a shallow baking pan that has been lined with plastic wrap.

Press into an even layer and cover with plastic wrap, then refrigerate for 4-6 hours or overnight.

Preheat oven to 375

Line a baking sheet with foil, for easy clean up.

Place a rack inside the baking sheet and spray with non-stick spray

Turn out the slab of gyro meat mixture onto the rack.

Bake for 20 minutes, then turn over and bake another 20 minutes.

Set oven to broil, and broil until top is nicely browned, then turn over and do the same.

Remove from the oven.

At this point you can slice and serve, or cool completely, then slice the next day and portion it out.

 

For an easy tzatziki sauce:

1-2 large cucumbers, peeled and shredded

salt

1 30 oz. container of organic, whole milk, Greek yogurt

4 garlic cloves

5-6 sprigs of fresh dill

salt and pepper to taste.

Place the peeled and shredded cucumber into a colander set over a bowl, and sprinkle on some salt, let sit and drain for 10 minutes.

Squeeze out the cucumbers, and place into a bowl.

Add the yogurt.

Using a microplane grater, grate the garlic into the bowl

Chop the fresh dill and add that along with the salt and pepper to the bowl.

Mix well, and adjust seasonings.