Homemade Doner Kebab

[Jonny69]

If you guys are horrified by that you really need to see head cheese sometime *vomit smiley*

If they're horrified by that then they ought to consider becoming vegetarian. It's only a bit of lamb

 

[Gilly]

Head cheese isn't vomit inducing.

It's a pretty rank idea, but not unheard of. I imagine you've had very similar if you've ever had cheap sausages...

 

[FrenchTart]

Head cheese isn't vomit inducing.

It's a pretty rank idea, but not unheard of. I imagine you've had very similar if you've ever had cheap sausages...

I might be biased because my first experience of it was holding half a pig head above a gas hob to burn off the hair..then doing that several more times before adding the heads to a massive tub (about 10 times the volume of your average sink) to boil down for 6 hours.

If they're horrified by that then they ought to consider becoming vegetarian. It's only a bit of lamb

Agreed. I was merely trying to give them some kind of point of reference.

Lots of people (though hopefully not that many in La Cuisine) seem to have very little practical experience with food preparation/etc. I guess in this day and age of pre-diced meat and fast food this shouldn't be surprising though.

 

[jizzyJames]

Dunno why people are complaining this sounds tasty - its the real donner that is actually horrendous. For the photo next time just remove the lamb foam and toast with a blow torch

 

[Glaucus]

That looks very good indeed.

Looks spot on in the pita.

 

[Van Hellseek]

Nobody is complaining, or saying they wouldn't eat it or that the final result isn't lovely, or that they're 'horrified'.

2 people said the pic made it look ugly.

And here's the thing... In that pic, It's ugly.


Third pic looks great. Serve it with some cucumber/mint (& greek yoghurt) relish. Yum.

 

[DcD]

Serve it with some cucumber/mint

Worse than the picture

 

[Van Hellseek]

Worse than the picture

What would you have instead then?

 

[gurusan]

Cooking with clingfilm is not something I'd advise

 

[bsoltan]

Cooking with clingfilm is not something I'd advise

Why not?

I went on a cooking course and the instructor cooked chicken wrapped in clingfilm in boiling water and said clingfilm was ok up to 200-250 degrees C.

 

[spudbynight]

Sort of home sous vide?

 

[FrenchTart]

To be honest I'd be worried about the chemicals released as cling film is heated but a quick google suggests that it should be relatively safe up to a bit over 100C.

 

[DcD]

Cling film is fine to cook with.

@VanHellseek: All that's needed on a kebab is lettuce, onions, whole chillies and garlic mayo. Bosh.

 

[Glaucus]

You forgot chilli sauce. Ditch the lettuce and get cabbage instead.

 

[Xeanor]

Yeah looks like a good recipe but kebabs are for fat slobs nonetheless

 

[DcD]

Yeah looks like a good recipe but kebabs are for fat slobs nonetheless

Well not really, it's the cuisine for an entire culture. Kebabs from takeaways, yes, but decently cooked doner kebabs with actual meat in are fine. Pretty crap information you have right there.

 

[Van Hellseek]

@VanHellseek: All that's needed on a kebab is lettuce, onions, whole chillies and garlic mayo. Bosh.

Bleh... Why waste your time doing it in your kitchen. With relish like that you may as well just go to your local grease pit.

 

[gurusan]

Why not?

I went on a cooking course and the instructor cooked chicken wrapped in clingfilm in boiling water and said clingfilm was ok up to 200-250 degrees C.

Heat + plastics = what's called "loose juice". It's not a good thing to be ingesting.

 

[Freefaller]

Sorry for double post but...

Absolutely delicious, thanks for the recipe.

Not enough filling! It needs to be really badly packed!

Looks great though - nicely done!