Middle Eastern Loose Meat Sandwich Or Pizza
From krumkake 16 years ago
- 10 minutes to make
- Serves 6
Our daughter first tasted this recipe when a co-worker shared hers…it was love at first bite. She made it for us when she was at our house, and I had to agree with her passion for this sandwich. It immediately reminded me of a Middle Eastern pizza I order that has this same tasting meat, layered over hummus that has been spread on a pita bread round, sprinkled with feta cheese crumbles, and then baked just until hot…I plan to do that with some of the leftover sandwich filling. Read more Don’t be afraid of the cinnamon and raisins in this – they add a fantastic flavor, just hinting at their presence without overpowering the taste. This is my new obsession – and it’s even good for us! See less
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup pine nuts, toasted lightly in a skillet shopping list
- 1 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil shopping list
- 1 bunch green onions, whites and greens sliced thinly shopping list
- 1 teaspoon Saigon cinnamon (or regular cinnamon) shopping list
- 1 teaspoon sea salt shopping list
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper shopping list
- 2 garlic cloves, freshly minced shopping list
- 1 medium tomato, cut in half, seeds removed, tomato diced shopping list
- ¼ cup golden raisins (the golden raisins really are best with this) shopping list
- 1 pound lean turkey meat (or ground beef or lamb, or combo) shopping list
- ¼ cup Greek yogurt shopping list
- 4 pita bread rounds, warmed (in microwave or in a skillet) shopping list
- Optional garnishes: shopping list
- 1 cucumber, peeled and thinly sliced shopping list
- 1 tomato, thinly sliced shopping list
- crispy romaine leaves shopping list
- feta cheese, crumbled shopping list
- hummus shopping list
- tzatziki Sauce (recipe follows in Directions section below) shopping list
How to make it
- Toast pine nuts in a small skillet over medium heat, stirring until nuts are barely browned; remove them from skillet and set aside.
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
- Add white parts of sliced green onion, cinnamon, salt and pepper; cook until onion is tender, about 2 or 3 minutes.
- Stir in minced garlic, diced tomatoes and raisins; cook over medium high heat until mixture is almost dry – this should only take a few minutes.
- Add ground turkey, stirring until meat is cooked through.
- Remove skillet from heat; stir in green parts of sliced green onion, yogurt and toasted pine nuts.
- Serve mixture stuffed into warm pita halves with any of the optional garnishes, or just as is.
- For pizza, butter one side of a pita round and toast in a skillet until browned on the bottom.
- Place pita on baking sheet, and spread hummus to within ½” of the edges.
- Top hummus with cooked meat filling, and top with some crumbled feta.
- Bake at 400 degrees until just warmed through, about 5 minutes.
- Top with optional ingredients, if desired, of chopped tomatoes, onions, parsley, or anything else you think sounds good!
- Tzatziki Sauce:
- 1 cucumber, peeled, cut in half lengthwise, seeds removed from center, cucumber finely diced and pieces squeezed as dry as possible with some paper towels
- 1 cup Greek yogurt
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 2 or 3 garlic cloves, freshly minced, to your taste
- salt, to your taste
- To prepare tzatziki sauce, mix all ingredients together in a bowl, and allow it to set for a couple hours minimum; keep sauce refrigerated.
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Reviewed by 16 people-
Oh WOW!!!!!! I have to make this soon. I'm going to try the pizza soon. I can just taste it and your pictures are fabulous. Great post.
notyourmomma
in South St. Petersburg loved it
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Your pictures are Awesome! The recipe sounds wonderful. With the different flavors in there, the taste must be Unique!
bluewaterandsand
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Thanks for the great recipe!
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