Lamb Recipes: Appetizers & Snacks

Rolled Phyllo/Pastry With Ground Lamb
Gyro Wrap
 

ROLLED PHYLLO/PASTRY WITH GROUND LAMB

Ingredients

For the Dough
Phyllo dough separated in individual sheets

For the Filling

2 12-oz Papa George's 85% lean Pure American Ground Lamb

  • 1 tbs. olive oil
  • 1 oz pine nuts
  • 1 small onion (4 oz) peeled and finely chopped
  • ¼ tsp. cinnamon
  • ½ tsp. black pepper
  • ½ tsp. salt, or to taste
  • 3 tbs. of lemon juice
  • 3 tbs. chopped parsley
  • Melted butter

Cooking instructions

Prepare the filling first. Sauté the pine nuts until golden in color and remove with a slotted spoon. Sauté the onion for approximately 1 minute. Add the ground lamb to the onions and cook until browned (approximately 4 minutes), stirring and breaking any lumps of meat. Add the seasonings. Stir well and turn off the heat shortly after adding the lemon juice. Roll out the phyllo sheet and brush with melted butter. Put some of the filling on the sheet, roll and cut cigars like. Brush the rolls with melted butter and bake in a preheated oven. Serve this delicious appetizer with Papa George's Fat-Free Fresh Cucumber Sauce.

Makes 4 servings.

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GYRO WRAP

Ingredients

3 8-oz Papa George's Ethnic Gyros (fully cooked)

1 12-oz container Papa George's Fat-Free Fresh Cucumber Sauce

  • onion, peeled and thinly sliced
  • 2 strips of Papa George's Ethnic Gyros (fully cooked) per sandwich (4 oz)
  • Lettuce, rinsed and drained, shredded
  • Tomato, thinly sliced
  • 3 to 4 tablespoons per sandwich of Papa George's Fat-Free Fresh Cucumber Sauce
  • 6 fresh wraps (medium size).

Cooking instructions

Dice the onion and tomato. Shred the lettuce. Sear each slice of Papa George's fully cooked Ethnic Gyros 2 minutes or so on each side. Spread some cucumber sauce on the wrap and place gyros slices closer to the edge. Add shredded lettuce, and diced tomatoes and onions. Add more cucumber sauce and roll the wrap. Poke each wrap with approximately 4 toothpeeks, and cut into smaller sections using a pizza cutter to cut in smaller sections. Enjoy!

Makes servings.

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Last Updated: 06/10/2002