What is tzatziki you ask? If you've ever had a gyro or some other Greek food, you've probably tried it. It's the cucumber-yogurt sauce that is spread on the pita bread of a gyro. The recipe I used was based on THIS ONE, but I made a few changes to make it faster and simpler. Here's what I used...
Ingredients:
1 cup plain Greek Yogurt
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp freshly ground pepper
2 Tbsp fresh mint leaves, chopped
1 medium cucumber, peeled, seeded, and shredded
Lemon juice, to taste
The original recipe calls for regular plain yogurt and tells you to let it sit for a few hours over a "cheese cloth" (so fancy I don't even know what that is) so that the liquid drains off of it. But come one now, nobody has time for all that. Instead just use plain Greek yogurt as it's considerably thicker and you won't have to strain it at all. Next, peel the cucumber, cut it in half, length-wise, and de-seed it with a spoon. Shred the cucumber with a cheese grater and squeeze it to remove excess liquid. Don't skip this step or the sauce will turn out too watery. Chop up the remaining ingredients and mix all together. Last, add lemon juice to taste. To me, the lemon juice was the most important ingredient as the sauce seemed a little too sweet/minty without it.
When you're done mixing, you have to let it sit at least a couple hours before it really starts to taste like the real thing. I tried it immediately after adding the lemon juice and thought it was just ok. The next day when I tried it again it was WAYY better and tasted almost exactly like restaurant made tzatziki.
The sauce was a surprisingly good combo with the turkey burgers, but the next time I make it I'm definitely gonna try to make my own gyro meat too. Stay tuned for more recipes...next one I'll post is a healthier version of banana bread! Yummmm
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