If youve ever been to Halifax Nova Scotia Canada hopefully you had the chance to try a donair This is the recipe used to make those donairs in some places in town Remember to knead that meat until its almost a paste
Prep Time
6 hrs
Dificult
Medium
Servings
9 hrs 10 mins
Ingredients
Instructions
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease a large baking pan with sides.
Place beef
lamb
flour
salt
oregano
dry mustard
2 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder
black pepper
cayenne pepper
chile pepper
paprika
and Italian seasoning in a bowl; knead all ingredients together with your hands until mixture is like a paste
about 10 minutes. Roll the meat mixture into a large loaf shape
and place into the prepared pan.
Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center
about 2 hours. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C). Remove from oven; place meat on a drip rack until completely cool to allow juices and fat to drain. Refrigerate meat for 6 hours or overnight.
Stir evaporated milk
sugar
and 2 teaspoons garlic powder together in a small bowl; gradually stir in vinegar just until mixture thickens.
Slice donair meat into strips about 1/8-inch to 1/4-inch thick. Fry meat strips in single-sandwich batches in a skillet over medium-high heat until meat begins to crisp at the edges; remove from pan. Quickly rub 1 pita round lightly with water; fry pita in same frying pan
turning once
just until warm
about 1 minute.
Spread pita with about 1/2 tablespoons of sauce mixture
top with donair meat
and garnish with onion
tomato
and more sauce; repeat with remaining meat and pita.
Cook's Notes:
Beef can be used in place of lamb if desired.
Flour acts as a binder
but it is possible to make the recipe without using flour.
In place of kneading meat mixture in Step 2
you can pass mixture through a grinder until finely ground. The finished product should be similar to processed meat
so that it can be thinly sliced and then pan fried without crumbling.
You can also top with mozzarella cheese if you like.
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