Lamb, lemon & dill souvlaki

Sometimes the simplest dishes are the best and this light, summery souvlaki is a fine example

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Serves 4 as a main or 6 as part of a meze

Preparation and cooking times

Prep 20 mins

Cook 6 mins

plus marinating

Pound the garlic with sea salt in a pestle and mortar (or use a small food processor), until the garlic forms a paste. Whisk together the oil, lemon juice, zest, dill and garlic. Mix in the lamb and combine well. Cover and marinate for at least 2 hrs or overnight in the fridge. If you're going to use bamboo skewers, soak them in cold water.
If you've prepared the lamb the previous day, take it out of the fridge 30 mins before cooking. Thread the meat onto the soaked or metal skewers. Heat the grill to high or have a hot griddle pan or barbecue ready. Cook the skewers for 2-3 mins on each side, basting with the remaining marinade. Heat the pitta or flatbreads briefly, then stuff with the souvlaki. Add Greek salad (see 'Goes well with', right) and Tzatziki (below), if you like.

Tzatziki

Combine a 250g pot Greek yogurt; ½ a cucumber, peeled, deseeded, then coarsely grated; 1 garlic clove, crushed; 3 tbsp chopped dill; 2 tsp white wine vinegar; a pinch of sugar and some salt in a bowl and mix well. Chill for 1 hr if time permits. For a twist, try adding chopped mint instead of the dill.

457 kcalories, protein 34g, carbohydrate 0g, fat 35 g, saturated fat 14g, fibre 0g, salt 0.27 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, September 2009.

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SlinkySladey

10 August 2009

SlinkySladey rated and commented on this recipe

Excellent - this is so quick and easy but is really delicious and looks impressive when served up with the other goodies. I made some Tsatziki to go with it, which was also a GoodFood recipe, and it was really tasty.

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Rachel

13 August 2009

Rachel rated and commented on this recipe

Fantastic flavours but it was marinating all night. Went well at bbq with greek salad and gigantes plaki

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Lorna

27 October 2009

Lorna commented on this recipe

This is so simple but tastes absolutely amazing!! My husband keeps asking me to make it again.

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13 February 2010

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claire

01 June 2010

claire commented on this recipe

I've done this twice now, once was to try before doing for a bbq and I pan fried the meat without using skewers. Marinated it over night and the flavours in the lamb were just fantastic.. Tastes even better on a bbq, I have to say. I made the greek salad, which is a favourite now and the tzatsiki, which ended up a little runny but still very good.

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pinklady

10 July 2010

pinklady commented on this recipe

This is such a nice, summer dish. I made it once for my boyfriend and its since become our weekend fun dinner staple!

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starman

27 March 2011

starman rated and commented on this recipe

This is just perfect for Saturday night tea with friends round, I also did with the salad and tzatziki and just put it in the middle of the table and let everyone dig in. Everyone loved it and it was so easy to prepare in advance. Does anybody know where you can get flatbread like that pictured with it though...looked in all the supermarkets with no joy.....

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VC

04 July 2011

VC rated and commented on this recipe

I didn't have enough time for the marinade so I kept the meat in the fridge in the lemon juice only for 20mins. The recipe was very good and it went down really well for my Greek-themed dinner party

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VC

04 July 2011

VC commented on this recipe

I also made the tzatziki, which was delicious, but grating the cucumber releases a lot of liquid, so I would suggest to drain it before adding the yogurt

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Sam Hulson

23 July 2011

Sam Hulson rated and commented on this recipe

Held a greek food themed night with family and friends. Most had not tasted greek food before and they loved the lamb slovaki and tzatziki. All generations enjoyed the food (teenagers can be fussy!!) and it was really easy to make. Had compliments for weeks about the food. Going to try the slovaki on the barby next time.

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Tor

29 February 2012

Tor commented on this recipe

This was absolutely delicious! I marinated the meat for about 8 hours the longer the better really so tasty. I too made my own tzatziki which was a great touch. Love Greek food, really impressed at the simplicity of this, tastes like you slaved away all day!

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Jalrichardson

16 August 2012

Jalrichardson rated and commented on this recipe

Really good BBQ food!!! everybody loved these. I made them with oregano instead of dill and added 100ml of white wine to the marinade (as i couldn't decided between this recipe and the one with red wine). Would recommend it definitely!

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Nicola Ann

23 September 2012

Nicola Ann rated and commented on this recipe

Loved this! It was my favourite made with lamb but my boyfriend prefers chicken so maybe next time I will have to do both!

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louise

30 May 2013

louise rated and commented on this recipe

this is really tasty, especially with the tzatziki

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2 garlic cloves , finely chopped
2 tsp sea salt
4 tbsp olive oil
zest and juice 1 lemon
1 tbsp finely chopped fresh dill
700g lean lamb such as neck fillet or boneless leg, trimmed, then cut into large chunks
pitta bread or flatbread, to serve

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Serves 4 as a main or 6 as part of a meze

Preparation and cooking times

Prep 20 mins

Cook 6 mins

plus marinating

Ingredients

2 garlic cloves , finely chopped
2 tsp sea salt
4 tbsp olive oil
zest and juice 1 lemon
1 tbsp finely chopped fresh dill
700g lean lamb such as neck fillet or boneless leg, trimmed, then cut into large chunks
pitta bread or flatbread, to serve

457 kcalories, protein 34g, carbohydrate 0g, fat 35 g, saturated fat 14g, fibre 0g, salt 0.27 g

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