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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 60 Minutes |
Ready In: 60 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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Delicious home made gyros with pork, lamb or chicken the kids and everybody loves this. Ingredients:
400 gr pork cut in 1 1/2 cm cubes. |
2 tomatoes sliced. |
1 onion cut in the lenght in small strips. |
1/2 c parsley leaves chopped. |
1 c drained yoghurt, ( greek, or homemade). |
1 ts fresh dill, or dried. |
3 cloves garlic pressed. |
1 c + 2 ts vinegar. |
2 + 3 tbs olive oil. |
1/2 ts ground cumin. |
1/2 ts dried oregano. |
1/2 c dried thyme. |
salt and pepper to taste. |
a pinch of paprika. |
3 medium potatoes cut in the lenght in 1 x 1 cm strips for frying. |
4 pites ( round flat 1 cm thick pita bread). |
Directions:
1. Put the vinegar, 2 tbs olive oil and cumin,oregano,thyme in a bowl .
2. Mix well set aside 10 min for flavors to mix, add the pork and let minimum 1 hour marinate ( 2 = better).
3. Put yoghurt in a small bowl, add garlic, 2 ts vinegar, dill, parsley pepper and salt to taste and mix well, ( the yoghurt paste should be rather thick), put in the fridge to keep cold.
4. Put 3 tbs olive oil in a frying pan and heat to high, add meat with the marinade, lower heat to low - medium and stir / simmer 90 minutes till meat is coloured and soft, ( add olive oil or a little water if needed ).
5. Fry potatoes as you know and keep warm.
6. In a frying pan heat pites one by one 1 minute on each side.
7. Put as much yohurt paste on each pita as you like add meat, tomato, potato and onion, sprinkle with a little paprika.
8. Fold each pita double and roll in a rectangular paper napkin and serve.
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