123 ground lamb recipes

Homemade gyro meat packed with garlic, oregano, and cumin, grilled on skewers over hot coals and tucked into warm pita with a cool yogurt-cucumber tzatziki. Diabetic-friendly Greek street food you can make in your own backyard.

Greek pastitsio layers tender pasta with a cinnamon-and-allspice spiced beef sauce under a creamy feta-and-parmesan bechamel. The Mediterranean baked pasta that eats like a warmly spiced Greek lasagna.

Tender cabbage leaves wrapped around seasoned beef, rice, and a whisper of cinnamon, simmered until melt-in-your-mouth soft and drizzled with tangy avgolemono sauce. Greek comfort food at its finest.

Greek-seasoned burgers with oregano, cumin, lemon juice, and fresh tomato tucked into whole wheat pita pockets with romaine and red onion. Low-fat and diabetic-friendly.

A comforting Greek meatball soup with seasoned beef-and-rice balls simmered in a vegetable broth. Fragrant with mint, oregano, dill, and garlic. Pure comfort in a bowl.

Greek meatballs (keftedes) with ground lamb, rice, and herbs in a classic avgolemono egg-lemon sauce. Served over rice for a tangy, comforting traditional Greek dinner.

Giant-batch spaghetti sauce with ground beef, blended onions, bell peppers, mushrooms, and tomato paste simmered all day. A freezer-friendly family recipe meant to fill two 5-gallon pots and stock your freezer for months.

Hammin di Pesach is a traditional Passover lamb stew with chicken meatballs, spinach, and matzo served as a two-course meal. Braised lamb chops and tiny seasoned chicken dumplings simmer together, then split into a main dish and a matzo soup.

If you're feeding a large family, then make this scrumptious dish that tastes so good, your kids will love you forever!

South African-inspired curried beef bake with almonds, raisins, and lemon juice under a silky egg custard topping. Rich, fragrant, and crowd-sized for 16 servings.

Kibbee with ground lamb and bulgur wheat pressed into a pie plate with a pine nut stuffing center, scored into wedges, and baked until crusted. A Lebanese classic.

Homemade Balkan-style skinless sausages (cevapi) made from a three-meat blend of lamb, veal, and pork with paprika and garlic. Grilled until charred and smoky.

Minted lamb patties broil in 6 minutes, infused with fresh mint, garlic, and green onion, then glazed with bubbling Major Grey's mango chutney for a sweet-savory finish.

Basic kibbi (kibbeh) of ground lamb, bulgur wheat, onion, and warm cinnamon, mixed to a smooth paste and baked or fried. The foundational Lebanese recipe for the national dish of the Levant.

Grilled lamb rib chops with a port and blackberry reduction sauce spiced with cardamom, clove, and jalapeno. An elegant dinner with a sweet-heat berry glaze.

Baeckaoffa is an Alsatian casserole of pork, lamb, and beef marinated overnight in Riesling wine, then slow-braised with layered potatoes and onions in a flour-sealed earthenware pot.