Halifax Donair

Summary

Yield
Servings
SourceHarold "The Animal" Steele
Prep time
20 minutes
Cooking time
1 1/2 hours
Total time
1 hour, 50 minutes

Ingredients

2 1⁄2 pound
extra lean ground beef
2 teaspoon
black pepper
1 teaspoon
cayenne pepper (ground)
1⁄2 cup
fine bread crumbs (Can up this to 3/4)
2 teaspoon
Paprika
2 teaspoon
Garlic powder
2 teaspoon
Onion powder
1 teaspoon
Salt
2⁄3 cup
evaporated milk
2⁄3 cup
white sugar
1⁄4 cup
white vinegar
1 package
pita bread
1  
onion
1  
Tomato
1 pinch
Dried, flaked basil

Instructions

Meat:
Mix meat, spices, and breadcrumbs thoroughly. Place in loaf pan and knead down so as to remove all air pockets. Bake in oven at 300 degrees for 1 1.2 hours.

Sauce:
Mix milk and sugar well, add basil and vinegar then mix again. Chill in refrigerator. Add a little vinegar to thicken sauce if desired.

Bread:
Quickly run both sides of pita bread under cold water then place in pre-heated skillet with small amount of vegetable oil. Flip bread to heat both sides, don't let it sit too long as it will stick.

Once bread is warmed add thinly sliced strips of meat and pour sauce over top. Add diced tomatoes and onions and serve.

Notes

These little gems hail from Halifax originally, as apparently us east coasters aren't into garlic (no one told me this, btw). Easy to make, fun to eat, what's not to love? If you want to have a somewhat more "authentic" beef gyro experience, try this garlic sauce instead.

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