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Döner Kebab

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Dinner, Lunch, Main Course, Snack
Cuisine: Turkish

Ingredients
  

  • 400 gr lean minced lamb
  • ½ medium onion roughly chopped
  • 1 tsp ground coriander
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 tsp flaked sea salt
  • 1 tsp plain flour
  • 4 white or wholemeal pita breads (each about 60g)
  • Oil, for spraying
  • Hot chili sauce (optional)
  • Freshly ground black pepper
Garlic sauce
  • 4 tbsp fat-free yoghurt
  • 1 large garlic clove crushed
  • 1 pinch flaked sea salt
Salad
  • 2 large tomatoes sliced
  • 100 gr cucumber sliced
  • lettuce shredded
  • pickled chillies finely shredded (optional)
  • White cabbage and red onion rings (optional)

Method
 

  1. To make the garlic sauce, mix all the ingredients in a small bowl and set aside to allow the flavours to mingle.
  2. Put the lamb mince in a food processor with the onion, coriander, cumin, salt and lots of freshly ground black pepper. Blitz until as smooth as possible.
  3. Divide the mince mixture into 4 balls. Cut a 60cm sheet of cling film and dust with ¼ teaspoon of sifted flour. Place a lamb portion on half of the film and fold the rest of the cling film over to cover it completely. Use a rolling pin to roll the kebab mixture thinly – about 5mm is just about right. Leave it inside the cling film. Do the same with the remaining portions of lamb.
  4. Put the pita breads on a baking tray and place them under a preheated medium grill – not too close – for 1–2 minutes on each side until hot. Keep warm. Mist a large non-stick frying pan with oil and place over a medium-high heat.
  5. Lift the cling film off the top of a portion of lamb. Peel off the backing film and, holding the lamb on a spatula or over your hand, very gently and carefully place it in the hot frying pan. Do the same with a second piece of flattened lamb and fry both for about 1 minute on each side until lightly browned and cooked through. Flatten the lamb into the hot pan by pressing it with a spatula as the meat cooks. Put the lamb on a warmed plate and cook the other 2 portions.
  6. Put the warmed pitas on a board and cut them open along one side, then fill with salad and the hot lamb. Spoon over the garlic sauce and chilli sauce too, if you like. Add a couple of pickled chillies for extra authenticity and serve!

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