Greek Salad with Lamb Sausage

I've made this salad a couple of times now and I just love it. Unfortunately, lamb tends to be fairly expensive, so this is not a meal we have often.

Greek Salad with Lamb

Lamb Sausage:

2 lbs ground lamb

1 pita; torn into pieces

2 eggs; beaten

1 TBSP fresh minced rosemary

1 TBSP fresh minced thyme

1 garlic clove minced

1 tsp salt

1 tsp pepper

In a food processor, pulse pita, garlic, herbs, salt and pepper into fine bread crumbs. In a large bowl place lamb and two eggs. Add bread crumb mixture and mix all ingredients together by hand until homogenous. Form sausages from ping-pong sized balls of meat mixture and flatten into patties about 1/2 inch thick. In a large nonstick skillet rubbed with 1 tsp oil, cook sausage over medium high heat about four minutes per side. Check for doneness by cutting into a patty. Sausage should be just barely pink in the center. Remove using a slotted spatula to a paper towel lined platter.

Cool Yogurt Sauce:

1 cup plain yogurt

1 clove garlic minced

2 TBSP fresh minced dill

1 tsp grated lemon zest

Juice from 1 whole lemon

Salt

Pepper

Mix all the ingredients together in a small bowl and set aside to drizzle over the salad and lamb sausage.

Greek Salad

1 head Romaine lettuce; shredded

1 cup pitted Calmata olives

1 cup Feta or goat cheese; crumbled

optional:

Thinly sliced red onion

Cherry tomatoes

Sliced pepperocini