Gyro With Tzatziki Sauce - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb ground lamb
1 medium yellow onion
1 T marjoram
1 T rosemary
2 tsp kosher salt
2 garlic cloves, minced
pepper
pitas
1 tomato chopped
1/2 red onion chopped
SAUCE:
16 oz greek yogurt
1 medium cucumber
kosher salt
4 garlic cloves, minced
1 T olive oil
2 tsp red wine vinegar
1 T dill

Preparation

Preheat oven to 325F
process onion in a food processor and drain off liquid. Add lamb, marjoram, rosemary kosher salt, garlic and pepper and grind till a paste about 1 minute. Place in loaf pan, making sure to press against the sides. place loaf pan in a water bath and cook 60-75 minutes until internal temp is 160-170F. Remove from oven, drain off fat and then place brick on top until temp reaches 175F
SAUCE:
Strain yogurt with a coffee filter for about an hour. Peel, seed and chop the cucumber. Use about 1/2 in sauce reserving remainder for use in the pitas. Add kosher salt, 4 minced garlic cloves, olive oil, red wine vinegar and dill. Stir together and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.

Heat pitas until warm in oven. Add tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions in pita. Add lamb and then add sauce and serve.