Gyro

History

Descended from the Ottoman döner kebab, the Greek gyro (meaning 'turn') shaves meat off a vertical rotisserie into warm pita with tomato, onion and cool tzatziki. It spread across the U.S. through Greek immigrants in the 1960s and '70s.

Ingredients

• Warm pita bread
• Gyro meat (lamb & beef, or chicken)
• Tzatziki sauce
• Tomato
• Red onion
• Lettuce

How to Make

1. 1Warm the pita.
2. 2Spread with tzatziki.
3. 3Add sliced gyro meat, tomato, onion and lettuce.
4. 4Wrap tightly and serve.

Known for it

• Thanasis - Kebab | MonastirakiMitropoleos 69, Athina 105 55, Greece