Not too long ago there was a thread about gyros that rejuvenated a long time love affair for me. I was surprised though at the number of people who had not heard of them and/or had no familiarity with them. For those less in the know, gyro is actually pronounced "hero". It is a Greek sandwich of sorts typically served in the pocket of pita bread. The meat is a combination of lamb and beef slow cooked on a vertical spit then shaved thin and applied to the pita bread. It is served with tomatoes, onions, feta cheese, and a delicious cucumber based sauce called Tzatziki. First thing I did when I read the previous thread was make the tzatziki sauce and dial it in perfectly. That is the star of the meal to me and had to be perfect. Once I got that down I went and got pita bread. OOPS!! No pockets in the bread from our little grocery store. Bummer but we improvised. Additionally Tracy is not a big fan of lamb so I just went with all beef. Not a travesty by any means. Being that we didn't have ready access to pita bread with pockets, I decided to make subs with them yesterday...aka Heroes.
Start with a Sirloin Bavette steak
Get the tater grater out and grate up some cucumber for the tzatziki sauce. Let the juices drain from the cucumber or the sauce will be very thin
Sauce all made
Slice up some tomatoes and onions
Cut up the fries and soak them for a while in lightly salted water
Rub the steak with a bit of Worcestershire and season lightly with celery salt and black pepper
Fries into the Emeril 360
Steak on the grill at super high heat
Steak done and rolls browned a bit
Steak perfect. I wanted this more toward medium so the juices didn't get the rolls all soggy
Fries all done
Time to build the sandwich. Start with steak
Add tomatoes, onions, and feta cheese then a hefty dose of the tzatziki sauce. Add fries and we're about ready to eat
Money shot!! This is kinda pretty IMHO
This sandwich was spectacular!! Everything I love about a gyro all rolled into a hero. After a bite or two though I realized that the meat to bread ratio was off so I grabbed a few more slices of the steak and ate it on the side. I was just concerned about getting the stuff piled so high the sandwich would be unwieldy to eat. All in all for improvising, this was a home run. Tracy asked that we continue going this route when I make the gyros. She loved it and felt it was the best representation I've done thus far with them. I'm fine with that. It was quick, easy, and very tasty. When we were finished, I just stood there and ate the rest of the steak dunked in the sauce and nibbled the last few fries. God I love that Emeril for doing fries!! The flavor of the steak was just exquisite and I couldn't stop eating it. Poor puppy only got half of a leftover hamburger from the other night and was deprived of steak. Oh well....that brings this one to a closure. Take care, be safe and see y'all next time.
Robert
Start with a Sirloin Bavette steak
Get the tater grater out and grate up some cucumber for the tzatziki sauce. Let the juices drain from the cucumber or the sauce will be very thin
Sauce all made
Slice up some tomatoes and onions
Cut up the fries and soak them for a while in lightly salted water
Rub the steak with a bit of Worcestershire and season lightly with celery salt and black pepper
Fries into the Emeril 360
Steak on the grill at super high heat
Steak done and rolls browned a bit
Steak perfect. I wanted this more toward medium so the juices didn't get the rolls all soggy
Fries all done
Time to build the sandwich. Start with steak
Add tomatoes, onions, and feta cheese then a hefty dose of the tzatziki sauce. Add fries and we're about ready to eat
Money shot!! This is kinda pretty IMHO
This sandwich was spectacular!! Everything I love about a gyro all rolled into a hero. After a bite or two though I realized that the meat to bread ratio was off so I grabbed a few more slices of the steak and ate it on the side. I was just concerned about getting the stuff piled so high the sandwich would be unwieldy to eat. All in all for improvising, this was a home run. Tracy asked that we continue going this route when I make the gyros. She loved it and felt it was the best representation I've done thus far with them. I'm fine with that. It was quick, easy, and very tasty. When we were finished, I just stood there and ate the rest of the steak dunked in the sauce and nibbled the last few fries. God I love that Emeril for doing fries!! The flavor of the steak was just exquisite and I couldn't stop eating it. Poor puppy only got half of a leftover hamburger from the other night and was deprived of steak. Oh well....that brings this one to a closure. Take care, be safe and see y'all next time.
Robert