Greek Lamb Skewers
Greek lamb skewers from Spoonsparrow: savory seasoned ground lamb with tzatziki – what more could you want? Here’s the recipe!
Ingredients
- 1 small cucumber
- 4 cloves garlic
- 500 g yogurt
- 150 g quark
- 1 tsp Olive oil
- Salt
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 onion (ca. 60 g)
- 500 g ground lamb
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp sweet paprika
- 0.5 tsp hot paprika
- Salt
- Pepper
Instructions
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1.
Wash, peel, and grate the cucumber into a bowl using a kitchen grater. Squeeze out and discard the juice. Then peel the garlic cloves and press them through a garlic press. Whisk yogurt, quark, and olive oil together in a small bowl until creamy. Combine with the cucumber mixture, season with salt and pepper, and refrigerate until serving.
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2.
Peel and finely dice the remaining garlic cloves and onion, then add to the ground lamb. Add 1 tbsp olive oil, 1 tbsp water, paprika, salt, and pepper; mix thoroughly. With damp hands, spread the meat onto 16 wooden skewers and shape into rolls about 6 cm long each. Heat a pan with 2–3 tbsp olive oil and brown the lamb skewers all around for about 10 minutes.
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3.
Serve by placing tzatziki in small bowls and arranging four lamb skewers on each plate.
