Nothing beats eating a proper greek gyros surrounded by azure blue waters, olive trees and white houses with blue windows, but it taste almost just as good when you make it at home! This recipe requires a lot of time and love, but isn´t that just a really good reason to invite over good friends or family for a big delicious mediterranean feast? The recipe will fill 8 big pita breads.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ kg pork shoulder
- 1 tsp chiliflakes
- 1 tbsp dried thyme
- 1 tbsp dried oregano
- 1 tbsp dried rosemary
- 1 tbsp smoked paprika powder
- 1 tbsp cumin
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp white wine vinegar
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1 ½ dl olive oil
- ½ x red onion
- 2 clove garlic, minced
- ½ x lemon, the juice
Marinade:
- 1 x cucumber
- 3 dl greek yogurt
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 2 tbsp white wine vinegar
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 pinch black pepper
Tzatziki:
- 8 x pita breads
- 4 x tomatoes, sliced
- ½ x cucumber
- 1 x red onion
- 1 Bag fries
- 1 handful parsley
For serving:
- 2 x yellow onion
Other:
Method
- Slice the meat in thick even slices. Make the marinade, and mix the meat in it. Cover and marinate for at least four hours in the fridge, ideally overnight.
- Make a vertical skewer by cutting an onion or a potato in half, and put them flat side down in a ovenproof baking dish. Place a wooden skewer in each half of the onion/potato so both of the skewers stands straight up in parallel. If you are making a lot of gyros meat, I recommend to make two vertical skewers to make sure the meat is stable while cooking.
- Stack the meat on the skewer, one slice at a time. You can finish the meat skewer by "locking" the meat with a piece of onion at the top. Cook in the oven at 175℃ for 1 hour and 30 minutes. Turn the pan a couple of times during cooking to make sure it cooks evenly. Cover with aluminum foil if the meat develops to much color.
- Make the tzatziki: Shred a cucumber and squeeze as much water out as possible. Combine the shredded cucumber with the rest of the ingredients, and garnish with some olive oil and chopped parsley on top.
- When the meat is done, let it rest a couple of minutes before you use a knife to «shave» off the meat. Cover the meat with aluminium foil to keep it warm for serving.
- Make fries and make or heat up pitabreads.
- Fill the pitabread with tzatziki, gyros meat, tomatoes, cucumber, red onion and fries. This dish is great to be served by putting everything on the table for everyone to fill their own pitas.
