Greek Gyros Recipe Easy Step By Step Tutorial

Ingredients

• 500 grams Pork Pancetta
• 1 small onion (cut in 4)
• 1/2 green bell pepper (cut in 4)
• 3 large garlic cloves (chopped)
• 80 ml red wine vinegar
• 250 ml water
• 1 tablespoon dried oregano
• the juice out of half a lemon
• 250 grams full fat Greek yogurt
• 100 grams cucumber
• 1 large garlic clove
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/2 tablespoon red wine vinegar
• salt & pepper
• 4 Pita flatbreads
• 1 medium-sized potato (peeled and cut into chips)
• 8 large slices of tomato
• 1/2 small onion (sliced)
• fresh parsley (chopped)
• sweet paprika powder
• salt & pepper
• 4 parchment paper sheets (20x32 cm or 8x12 inch)
• frying oil
• olive oil

Instructions

1. 1

   --- Making The Marinade 1 Day Before: ---

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   Add all the Gyros ingredients except of the Pancetta in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat. Remove from heat.

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   Add the pieces of Pancetta into a food container . Pour the hot marinade over the Pancetta. Once it reaches room temperature, refrigerate overnight or for up to 24 hours.

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   --- Cooking The Gyros: ---

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   Preheat oven to 250°C / 482°F.

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   In a medium-sized baking pan, add the Pancetta along with the marinade.

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   Cook for about 50 minutes to 1 hour. Let the Pancetta cook for most of the time on one side. Then turn it and finish off by cooking it on the other side. (This way you give a nice golden brown crust on one side, while the other stays more juicy and soft, just like a Gyros that has been cooked on the rotisserie).

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   Let the Pancetta cool for a few minutes before cutting. Then cut the pieces first in half and then to long strips.

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   Transfer back to the pan to keep it warm until you are ready to roll your Gyros wrap.

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    --- Making The Tzatziki: ---

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    In a small bowl add the yogurt. In same bowl, grate the cucumber using a hand grater (not too thick not too thin).

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    Add the rest of the Tzatziki ingredients and mix well.

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    --- Cooking The Pita Bread: ---

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    Add a splash of olive oil in a non-stick frying pan. Heat over medium-high heat. Cook each Pita Bread for about 2 minutes on each side. NOTE: Do not cook the Pita too crispy as it won't wrap easily later on.

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    --- Cooking The Potato Chips: ---

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    Fry the potato chips in hot frying oil until golden and crispy. Set aside on paper towel.

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    --- Making The Wraps: ---

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    Take one piece of parchment paper on your palm.

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    Add a Pita Bread on top. Place it right at corner of the paper.

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    Spread a spoonfull of Tzatziki all over the Pita Bread.

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    Add some pieces of Gyros, a few potato chips, 2 slices of tomato, a few onions, sprinkle some chopped parsley on top. Season with paprika, salt and pepper.

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    Squeeze everything to come together and close the wrap.

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    Push the wrap more tightly at the bottom to create a cone like shape.

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    Roll the parchment paper all around the wrap .

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    Fold the excess parchment paper at the bottom of the wrap into a strip.

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    Fold the strip upwards towards the bottom of the wrap. Tuck in tightly at the bottom.

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    If you wrap isn't tight enough, add a piece of aluminum foil to hold it together.