Homemade Greek Gyro

Published on December 8, 2013 | In Greek | By The Social Chef |

- Prep Time
- 20 Minutes
- Cook Time
- 60 Minutes
- Difficulty Level

There are so many foods of the world that I can always eat and being in Greece the gyro happens to be one of those foods. After dining in some fantastic places that specialize in making gyro in Athens, I was pretty much sold on the fact that you just cannot make a gyro without the spit they use to cook it. That had been not only my consensus but the opinion of others who I had previously asked and so I took it as gospel. But for some unknown reason I was ordering some meat at the local butcher in Athen last week when I struck up a conversation with the owner (who I totally respect his opinion) about making gyro. He confirmed the spit is the key but that you can make them very good at home. So this recipe is not 100% mine, only a few spices I added to alter it. Being I was making this gyro for my Greek friends and they gave rave reviews, I decided it was worth the share for my food friends. I hope you like it and it is a little time consuming…but worth it. And do not forget to make homemade tzatziki sauce and every gyro I’ve had in Greece has some French fries on top.

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Ingredients

1 3/4 lb ground pork
1/4 lb bacon chopped (uncooked)
1 yellow onion pureed, liquid drained
4 garlic cloves minced
2 tablespoons dried oregano
1 tablespoon salt
1 teaspoon ground pepper
2 tomatoes chopped
1/2 red onion
1/2 cup shredded lettuce
French fries
15 pocketless pita lightly grilled
Homemade tzatziki for garnish (optional)

Instructions

1. Using a large glass bowl combine pureed onions, minced garlic, salt, pepper, oregano with ground pork and chopped bacon and fold with your hands
2. Place mixture in a food processor and puree
3. Using a meat loaf pan or bread pan, add mixture and press it into pan to form a log, cover and refrigerate for 90-minutes
4. Preheat oven to 350 removing mixture from refrigerator for 20-25 minutes prior to baking
5. Bake uncovered for 50 minutes transferring to a rack to cool for 30-minutes.
6. Then refrigerate for 60-minutes
7. Remove from refrigerator while heating a grill to high
8. Slice pork loaf into very thin slices and grill
9. Place pita on grill for 1-2 minutes per side just to warm
10. Place sliced grilled pork on pita and garnish with lettuce, onion, tomato, tzatziki and French fries

Servings : 15
Ready in : 70
Course : Entrée
Recipe Type : Pork

Instructions

1. Using a large glass bowl combine pureed onions, minced garlic, salt, pepper, oregano with ground pork and chopped bacon and fold with your hands
2. Place mixture in a food processor and puree
3. Using a meat loaf pan or bread pan, add mixture and press it into pan to form a log, cover and refrigerate for 90-minutes
4. Preheat oven to 350 removing mixture from refrigerator for 20-25 minutes prior to baking
5. Bake uncovered for 50 minutes transferring to a rack to cool for 30-minutes.
6. Then refrigerate for 60-minutes
7. Remove from refrigerator while heating a grill to high
8. Slice pork loaf into very thin slices and grill
9. Place pita on grill for 1-2 minutes per side just to warm
10. Place sliced grilled pork on pita and garnish with lettuce, onion, tomato, tzatziki and French fries

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The Social Chef

Michael Van Horn (aka MJ) 'The Social Chef', has incorporated his passion for culinary with his love and artistic ability of photography, his infatuation with writing, his charismatic ways of ...