Make your own version of this takeaway favourite, complete with chilli and garlic sauces. Serve your homemade doner kebab with pitta bread and shredded cabbage
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition: Per serving (not including pittas and sides)
- kcal222
- fat12g
- saturates5g
- carbs9g
- sugars1g
- fibre1g
- protein18g
- salt0.32g
Ingredients
- 500g lamb mince
- 1 small onion, coarsely grated
Onion
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- 4 garlic cloves, minced or finely grated
- 100g fresh breadcrumbs
- 2 tsp ground cumin
Cumin
q-minAn aromatic spice native to eastern Mediteranean countries and Upper Egypt. This warm,…
- 2 tsp ground coriander
- 1 tsp dried oregano
Oregano
or-ee-gar-noClosely related to marjoram, of which it is the wild equivalent, oregano has a coarser, more…
- ¼ tsp smoked paprika
- sunflower oil for oiling
Sunflower oil
Sunflower oil is made from pressing sunflower seeds and extracting the oil. It's usually…
To serve
- pitta breads, shredded red or white cabbage, sliced onion, chopped tomatoes, pickled chillies, chilli sauce (see recipe below), garlic sauce (see recipe below), tahini
Method
Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Tip all the ingredients except the oil into a food processor with a large pinch of salt and lots of ground pepper. Pulse until everything is combined and chopped together. You can also just squish everything together in a bowl but this will give you a looser finish.
Oil a large sheet of foil, tip the meat mix in the middle and mould to a very thick sausage, roughly the shape of an aubergine. Roll up the foil tightly, twisting up the ends to create a Christmas cracker shape.
Lay on a shallow roasting tin and roast in the oven for 35-40 mins, turning occasionally, or until a digital cooking thermometer reads 75C when pierced in the middle. Leave the kebab to cool a little, then unwrap the foil. Place back on the tray and brown under the grill or with a blowtorch.
Place on a board and carve into thin slices. For full doner mode, you can hold the kebab up with a roasting fork or metal skewer and carve. Serve with warm pitta bread and any of the other accompaniments, including our chilli sauce and garlic yogurt sauce.
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