This is one of our earliest videos we filmed, it is quite old, and we will eventually be re making another video!
Donair is an Atlantic Canadian meal, one of our must haves and favorites, it isn’t the healthiest thing in the world, but you can make it healthier with a bit of work!
If you go to Canada and you order one, and the sauce isn’t sweet, then it’s not a donair, if you are in Atlantic Canada at any time you must try it, it is our cultural dish and honestly one of the best things you will ever eat!
When it comes to spices put a lot in, but for things like chili powder and Cheyenne powder, you want to watch yourself a bit don’t make it hotter than you want, some people can’t handle spice eh, I’m not one to measure spices out, just look at the volume of what your cooking and use your best judgement!
Ingredients
Meat Portion
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Oregino
- Garlic powder
- Chili Powder
- Onion Powder
- Cheyenne Powder
- Medium ground beef or Lamb meat (you can do 50/50)
- Pre heat your oven for 450 degrees
- Oil a bread pan, or any pan you want to use.
- take the ingredients and mix them together and beat them together very well, you want a solid meat loaf.
- Put them in the bread pan, and pack it in tightly.
- bake for 45 to 50 minutes.
Sauce Portion
- 3/4 cup of vinegar
- 2 cups of sweetend condensed milk
- Garlic powder
Mix all the ingredients in a container that you can stick in the fridge, mix it well, and let it rest in the fridge for an hour!
Putting it all together!
- Tomato
- Onion
- Cheese (Cheddar or Mozzarella is best, but use what works for you!
- Pita bread
- (optional Lettuce)
Ok we are ready to put everything together, so first, after the meat has cooled down, we are going to slice it up good, and then re fry it with some extra virgin olive oil, just to get it nice and hot and may be a bit of sear.
This is how you want it to look, very similar to this, and often this can be hard so don’t judge yourself on how perfect you have your sliced.
Take a slice of pita, put your meat on it, then cover it with a lot of sauce, and then some onions tomato and finally shred some cheese on top of it.
You can choose to bake this on 300 for 10 minutes if you wish, I don’t myself, I eat it as is, you can add some lettuce, and if your looking to serve it with something might I suggest some potatoes, often we eat this along side of pizza, and it should look similar to.
I truly hope you enjoyed this as much as I do if you ever get a chance to taste this, it is truly one of our favorite meals, and often if we have a visitor we share this with them, its one of those meals you have to try once.