Gyro Steaks

Name: Gyro Steaks
Ingredients: 1 1/2 lbs flank steaks; 4 ounces mizithra cheese, grated (or Pecorino Romano); 2 tablespoons greek mixed spice (such as Cavender's All Purpose Greek Seasonings); 1 lemon, juice of; 1/2 cup olive oil; 8 -10 wooden skewers, soaked in water

6 ingredients

6 steps

Ingredients

1 1/2 lbs flank steaks
4 ounces mizithra cheese, grated (or Pecorino Romano)
2 tablespoons greek mixed spice (such as Cavender's All Purpose Greek Seasonings)
1 lemon, juice of
1/2 cup olive oil
8 -10 wooden skewers, soaked in water

Directions

1

Preheat grill or grill pan to high.
2

Essentially, you want a thinner, larger flank steak laid the flank steak open,
3

Using the mallet pound out the meat evenly.
4

Spread the flank steak out so that the grain is running left to right. Begin layering the flank steak with gyro spice mix and the Mizithra cheese.
5

Take the flank steak and tightly roll away from you. Evenly insert the skewers every 1 to 2 inches along the seam of the gyro roll this will to hold it together on the grill.
6

Cut in between each skewer but not against the skewer; you want the same amount of meat on either side of each skewer, lay them in a sallow pan or dish and squeeze the juice of one lemon and 1/2 cup of olive oil over the meat and let marinate for 1 hour to overnight . Grill the Gyros on each side for about 4 to 6 minutes or until your desired doneness.