Lamb Sausage with Mint, Feta, and Garlic and Dill Garlic Yogurt Sauce
Posted on 09 September 2010
Lamb is possibly the perfect meat.
Wait, we need to back up a moment. You need to understand how far I have come from my days of being almost vegetarian.
For many years, the only meat I ate was chicken (with the occasional side of bacon). I even referred to it as the “holy bird.”
Of course, I ate chicken with almost every meal — so maybe not almost vegetarian. But at least no other meat products (other than the occasional side of bacon) ever passed my lips.
Especially not baby animals. Definitely not baby animals.
That all changed when I took my first bite of a lamb gyro.
As a frequent consumer of chicken gyros, I expected the delicate, subtle seasoning. What I wasn’t prepared for was lamb’s tasty tenderness and strong, yet deep flavor. Not at all like beef, but also not gamy like venison. The superlative mix of texture, juiciness, and umami. Irresistible.
My lamb crush only escalated from there. Lamb chops. Baby chops. Lamb burgers. Lamb kebabs. Rack of lamb. Crown roast of lamb.
Even better is that lamb is so well-complemented by a wealth of herbs and spices, generating countless combinations.
Including this stunner: lamb meatballs with feta, mint, and LOTS of garlic. The tangy, sour creaminess of the dill garlic yogurt sauce adeptly offset the rich meatiness of the lamb.
I vow to plan ahead for next year’s Greek festival and not fill up on silly carb-laden food. I will leave room for lamb gyros. Or lamb souvlaki.
As long as it involves lamb, I will be not picky.
Ingredients
Instructions
Adapted from Bon Appetit and Gourmet
2 responses to Lamb Sausage with Mint, Feta, and Garlic and Dill Garlic Yogurt Sauce
I like lamb too – although I don’t think I like it as much as you do – one thing I struggle with is that it is so often paired with mint, and while I like mint flavoring in many things, I don’t tend to like actual mint…would this work without it?
Rebecca, you don’t like mint? Is this like your potato thing? Yes, you could definitely substitute another herb — maybe try dill?
The yogurt sauce originally called for cilantro, but my cilantro went bad and I had dill, hence the substitution.