Rick Claus (RicksterCDN) @regularitguy.com · Dec 29 Any maritimers here? Livin' in the PNW and I had a craving for Halifax donairs for dinner. 🤷♂️ Luckily Matty Matheson did up a recipe for the meat and sauce. Damn it was good! Baked in a loaf pan and run through my meat slicer. Link to his reel on how to make em: www.facebook.com/share/v/1Pw8...
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I make my own on occasion. You have to repeatedly slam the meat on the counter to get rid of any air voids, so it cooks dense enough to slice thinly.
And Matty appropriately calls it “Cum sauce”
I do this at least once a year and subject my UK friends to donair sauce
oh that looks really good.
you didn't fry the slices a little? Oh for shame.... also, if you want this often salt your meat with 1.5% salt by weight, lightly mix and then rest the meat. Then give a thorough mix and bake in a covered pullman pan. Chill and turn out the meat to slice thinly. Lengthwise in half, then in strips
this was the first post ive seen on bluesky and i dont know what they are feeding the algorithm but this thing definitely is on the right track. Donair content. Pizza Corner circa Y2K how do i make the white sauce... maybe i dont want to know ;-P
I live in Louisiana and also have to make my own when the craving comes.
Bonté donair sauce is elite
I was in England in the early 80s and there was a kabob shop that used a red sauce on their kabobs. I don't believe it was tomato based, but it was delicious and haven't had it since. What is the flavor profile of that bottled sauce?
Thanks for this! Maritimer trapped in the U.S. This will help by mental health immensely!
Yum. Sorry I missed this when in Halifax last year.
I am a maritimer. I am a retired Navy man of 26 years. I been to Halifax once. I liked it. That food sure looks good.
Thank you...I am SO going to try this!
I saw this recipe and had meant to try it, glad to know it was to your liking! From a fellow Maritimer.
I'll be going to Halifax in March. Where can I try good Halifax donairs there?
Wow. I'm a 73 year old Canadian whose best friend is from Nova Scotia and I had never heard of them.
A crucial step was left out. You have to drink heavily until 1 or 2 AM to make a donair palatable.
If she were dead, Donna Air would be turning in her grave. What in god's name is this? Some kind of Atlantic Chinese whispers version of doner kebab? As if the world doesn't have enough problems.
Looks delicious!
Bro - I'm from Hfx too. I was the FIRST customer King of Donair ever had. Merry Christmas, bro. Eat hardily. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjyY... Need a meat recipe? Feel free to ask.
I could go for some donate eggrolls….
Halifax has the goods, can confirm!
Oh, yum!!! Thank you for this!! My husband is a Haligonian. We haven’t had donairs in years!
Meat is murder
Here in PDX. Left NS at 19. Now 72.
Misspent youth of midnight showings of Rocky Horror at the Casino theatre followed by donairs. Takes me back!
Just scrape the seagull shit off the rocks…it’s how they make donair sauce.
Is "donair" some sort of regional translation of "doner," as in "doner kebab?"
Oh yum!!!
Lived in PEI as a teen...those donairs haunt my dreams!!!!
They look like shawarma tacos.
West coaster here, thinking fondly of the donair gas station pizza I bought in the middle of nowhere on a road trip.
Halifax here. Looks good. Nice thick slices. I use that sauce on pizza as well. 👍🏻
Nothing like the Donair meat from Halifax.
Meatloaf instead of lamb and condensed milk instead of yogurt. I guess I should just be glad they don't use a slice of white bread instead of a pita.
I visit NS from the states just for those things. Mmmm...
How am I/family from the shires and this is new! Now I want to have a donner party with cum sauce suddenly.🤡🥂
These look so good! Maritimer stuck in Quebec 👋 I can only get my donair fix from kits sold at Giant Tiger. They come close to scratching that itch but not quite. I can do a scratch verson but takes long & isn't quite it. I have one daughter, born in Qc; she tried donairs & didn’t like them 😱 💔😂
Matty is legit.
Reminds me of grandparents scrapple or ham loaf
Sammy’s donairs in Burlington. A fixture for over 40 years. Extra meat and sauce. Man am I hungry now.
Maybe, but first what's a maritimer?
I learned of these from the trailer park boys 😜
I live in Victoria and due to the east coasters in the navy ranks there are a few places (esp close to the base, go figure) that do Halifax-style donairs. I'm not complaining :D They're a semi-regular meal fixture on the ships, too.
Halifax, here! Also, try Mattys mac and cheese. It's really solid.
I moved to Halifax two years ago. I hate donair sauce. Please don't tell anyone. They will find me
It looks delicious, Enjoy!
Lived in Canada for a while and what we in Ireland/UK would call a kebab would be called things like kebob and kebap. And now I'm seeing "donair" instead of doner. We need some kind of standardisation on this I think.
In Ontario and crave them all the time. The garlic sauce is easy to make, and I can get the bread, but the right meat is more elusive. There was a Halifax Donair takeout place where I lived last, but we moved in 2024. *SIGH*
I'm from NS! There is a new chain of restaurants in Canada, Blower's & Grafton, serving all the goodies from Pizza Corner in Halifax. Fantastic food! I live in Ab so I'm there a lot lol
Looks like a Gyro!
It's 5 am here on the Wet Coast, and I am now craving a donair. Not my usual morning fare.
Lil hack if you want the “thin” sliced meat without making the whole loaf… Andy has lots of great recipes for maritime classics! theeastcoastkitchen.com/the-easiest-...
We were very curious about these when my wife and I were traveling in Nova Scotia. We never got a good answer as to what it was made of. The standard response was “donair meat”. At one point I asked a waitress how many legs a donair had.
Love donairs
Homemade is best imo, I do my own and rarely buy one anymore
I'm a Newfi living in Nova Scotia. I can't make myself eat the garlic-icing they put on donairs.
Yes! I make my own meat(loaf) and sauce. I dont use raw onions in mine. They are meat,sauce,chopped tomatoes,chopped red pepper, black olives and feta. K so Now I want one..
This Philadelphian who grew up with gyros is gonna give this a try!!
We live hervin the PNW, and visited Halifax for the first time this year as part of our Cross Canada Roadtrip. Felt like being at home.
Made some!
Definitely want to try this. When we lived in Toronto, we used to go to Matt’s‘s restaurant all the time. A a kid, I remember taking the ferry to Halifax and having a donair and orange Julius at the mall.
The only reason I don't have donairs is that I don't like the sweet sauce. But I'd replace that (and I know this no longer makes it a Halifax donair) with some nice fresh tzatziki, and I'd go to town on it.
Is that like a Gyro?
Howdy! We make them here too. But I have been to the original Halifax King of Donairs shop.
Yes, although in Ontario now! Have to try this one!
Yeah. There are a few recipes out there. The spicing is up to you really once you get the basics down. The sauce is mainly sweetened condensed milk and garlic. Tomatoes and onions and nothing else. Nothing. If you put greens on it we will come for you. If you fry it a bit after slicing it’s good.
QtipsANON. Did you enjoy this brew as well?
KOD baby!