Turkish-Style Lamb

Ingredients

• 4lamb leg steaks
• 2 tspTurkish spice seasoning, a Turkish spice blend such as baharat or mixed dried spices
• 1 tspdried oregano
• 1 bunchfresh mint, leaves picked and chopped; half for the baste, half for the serving yogurt
• 1 1/4 cupsGreek yogurt, split into two equal portions — one for basting, one for serving
• 4pita bread, toasted
• 1/2iceberg lettuce, shredded
• 1red onion, thinly sliced
• 1lemon, for squeezing over to serve
• salt, to taste

Method

1. 1

   Chop the mint. Stir the spice seasoning, oregano and half the mint into half the yogurt for the baste, and the rest of the mint into the other half for serving.

2. 2

   Heat the broiler to high. Season the lamb steaks with salt and broil for 2 minutes a side, until browned but still very rare.

3. 3

   Spread the spiced yogurt over the lamb and broil for 2 to 3 minutes more, until the yogurt blisters and the middle of the lamb reaches 145°F.

4. 4

   Rest the lamb on a board for 3 minutes. Meanwhile, toast the pita, shred the lettuce and thinly slice the onion.

5. 5

   Slice the lamb thickly and stuff it into the pita with the lettuce, onion and minted yogurt. Squeeze over the lemon to serve.

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