Lamb and Blue Cheese Pitas

Updated June 14, 2023

Total Time
30 minutes
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Ingredients

Yield:2 servings
  • 8ounces boneless leg of lamb
  • 1teaspoon ground cumin
  • ½jalapeno
  • 1clove garlic
  • 2green onions
  • 1 or 2sprigs cilantro to yield 1 tablespoon chopped
  • 1tablespoon blue cheese
  • 1cup nonfat yogurt
  • 2small tomatoes or 12 cherry tomatoes
  • 4whole wheat pitas
Ingredient Substitution Guide
Nutritional analysis per serving (2 servings)

589 calories; 21 grams fat; 9 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 8 grams monounsaturated fat; 2 grams polyunsaturated fat; 64 grams carbohydrates; 6 grams dietary fiber; 13 grams sugars; 39 grams protein; 640 milligrams sodium

Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Trim all the fat and gristle from the lamb, and slice thinly. Sprinkle with cumin.

  2. Step 2

    Heat nonstick pan, and saute lamb until it is brown on both sides but still rare in the center, just a couple of minutes.

  3. Step 3

    Wash, trim, seed and cut jalapeno in half and cut each half into 3 pieces. With food processor running, put jalapeno and garlic through tube and process to mince.

  4. Step 4

    Wash and trim green onions and cut in thirds. Wash and coarsely chop cilantro to yield 1 tablespoon. Put green onion and cilantro into processor, and process to mince.

  5. Step 5

    Add the cheese and yogurt, and process to make a sauce. Stir in the lamb.

  6. Step 6

    Wash the tomatoes, using whichever have better flavor. Slice.

  7. Step 7

    Heat two pitas in a toaster oven.

  8. Step 8

    Cut pitas in half, and stuff each half with a quarter of the yogurt-lamb mixture and with a quarter of the tomatoes.

  9. Step 9

    Repeat with remaining pitas, lamb mixture and tomatoes.

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The perfect excuse for making your own pita breads--another justification for that pizza stone--and store bought pita will forever more be banished from your kitchen.

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