Halifax donair
Halifax donair, from above
Non vegNova Scotia

Halifax donair

Spiced beef in a pita with a sweet garlic sauce that drips everywhere. Halifax's official food.

110 minTime
29 gProtein each
mediumSpice
The sweet sauce2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's waySpiced beef sliced thin and wrapped in pita with tomato, onion and sweet garlic sauce.
The original
605kcalsame
29 gproteinsame
3 gfibresame
110minutessame

Halifax donair.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

6 servings
Minced beef (beef mince, beef or buff keema)lean beef mince
Dried oregano1 tsp
Paprika2 tsp
Red chilli powder (indian red chili powder)1 tsp cayenne
Garlic4 cloves; 3 for meat, 1 for sauce
Onion1 small grated for meat, 1 diced raw to top
Salt1½ tsp
Black pepper1 tsp
Breadcrumbs3 tbsp
Condensed milk (sweetened condensed milk)1 tin sweetened condensed milk, for sauce
Vinegar3 tbsp
Pita bread6 large pitas
Tomato2, diced

Method

5 steps
  1. 1Knead the beef with spices, grated onion, garlic and breadcrumbs for 5 minutes, slapping it down, until very smooth and sticky.
  2. 2Shape into a tight loaf and bake on a rack at 180°C for 1 hour 15 minutes. Rest 15 minutes.
  3. 3For the sauce, whisk condensed milk with a little grated garlic, then add vinegar gradually while whisking until it thickens.
  4. 4Slice the loaf very thin and crisp the slices in a hot pan.
  5. 5Warm the pitas, pile in meat, tomato and onion and drown in sauce.
Serve it like this

Wrap in foil with the pita folded around the meat, sauce on top and extra in a cup. Eat over the plate.

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