Greek Meatballs in Pitas

I guess I could have gotten a better pic of these but they really did not cooperate. The tzatziki made them top heavy and the meatballs kept rolling out. I could use a couple more hands though I would look weird.


Place 2 pounds of ground lamb in a bowl.


Add a small finely diced onion, parsley, 2 tablespoons cumin, 1 teaspoon turmeric, 1 teaspoon granulated garlic, 1 teaspoon pepper, 1 teaspoon salt, 3 tablespoons of plain yogurt and mix, mix, mix it until it is all combined. Fry a small piece and taste it and adjust seasoning if needed.


Form into small balls and fry in olive oil until browned and cooked through.


Place the meatballs in a warm oven.


Make some Greek salad dressing. Measure 3 tablespoons of oregano, 3 tablespoons of dill, 1 teaspoon of salt, 1 tablespoon of granulated garlic, 1 tablespoon of cumin and 1 tablespoon of black pepper.


Whisk in 3 tablespoons of milk and let sit to absorb.


Add 2 tablespoons of honey.


Squeeze in the juice of 3 lemons.


Add 3 tablespoons of white balsamic vinegar. Place this all in the bowl of your food processor. With the food processor running, drizzle in 1 1/2 cups olive oil until it thickens. Taste it and adjust for seasoning if needed.


This dressing will keep for over a week in the fridge.


The Blog Tech gives this recipe a thumbs up. Or is he finger shooting me?


Toss some lettuce and thinly sliced onion with some dressing and place the salad in the bottom of half a pita. Insert three meatballs and top with some tzatziki.

Comments

brokenteepee said…
I guess that's the Blog Tech seal of approval!
Thumbs up from the Blog Tech? That's all I need to know!
Anonymous said…
That looks really wonderful. I love Greek food, it's my favourite ; )
Have a great day.
Anonymous said…
This looks very good! I eat greek food to seldom to be honest. Perhaps I´ll try the greek meatball recipe this summer!

Have a great day now!
Christer.
Guillaume said…
Is it me or you are feeling very Greek these days? Lovely food for a summery day anyway.
Anonymous said…
I think that blog tech is one lucky young man,, the meals you cook,, wow,,my kids love these and when they were living in Ottawa they bought them street venders ,, I've never had them,, maybe I'll give them a go,,
Marilyn said…
I too love Greek food and this sounds yummy. Topped with tzatziki should make a great meal. I am seeing ground lamb in the supermarket more regularly so perhaps next week I will give these a whirl.
Well, now the drool has hit the floor. Just making sure Teddy got a taste!
thumbs up from the blog tech....

so i know this is a winner....
greekwitch said…
Oh my!This looks so yummy! You made your own pitas! That is totally awesome. I do not know anyone who does that! Absolutely cool! I am so going to try that!
greekwitch said…
You are a perfectionist. You make your own ham, your own ketchup and Goddess knows what else. Even if someone brought you the best pita on the market you 'd still try to make a better one. And you would have succeeded! They look soo yummy!
Lois said…
Oh my goodness the Blog Tech should be a big as a house! Ah, the metabolism of youth. Yummy, I'm needing a Greek day. Lois
SharleneT said…
I'm with Lois. I'm big as a house just reading the ingredients! But, will definitely try this one. Yummy. Loves me some Greek food.
Rue said…
Looks amazing! Although Blogtech seems to have really good taste, I notice he's drinking Pepsi. Have to say that this is the first time I'll disagree with him, being a Coke girl and all. ;)
Anonymous said…
This looks amazing! Thank you so much for sharing this and helping me to FINALLY get the correct ingredients to that marvelous topping sauce.