Cypriot Souvlaki with Tzatziki & Pickles
 
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Cypriot
Serves: 8 kebabs
Ingredients
  • 1 kg pork shoulder or neck diced into 2.5cm pieces
  • Juice of ½ lemon
  • 2 tsp dried oregano
  • 1 tsp dried paprika
  • 2 cloves of garlic, peeled & crushed
  • sea salt & black pepper
  • Olive oil
  • Flatbreads/pitta bread...we used wraps
  • 4 tomatoes cut into wedges
  • 1 red onion thinly sliced
  • ½ cucumber finely sliced
  • handful of flat leaf parsley
  • ½ cabbage finely sliced or 2 grated courgettes (we had pickled red cabbage)
  • Pickled chillies
  • Lemon wedges
  • Serve with tzatziki (recipe below)
Instructions
  1. Put the meat in a bowl with the lemon juice, oregano, paprika, garlic, a pinch of salt and pepper and a generous glug of olive oil. Mix together, cover and place in the fridge for at least an hour. If you are really organised leave it over night.
  2. Preheat the grill or bbq.
  3. Thread the pork onto metal skewers (if using wooden ones remember to soak them in water for at least 30 mins, pref longer)
  4. Cook the kebabs under a high grill for 8-10mins turning to ensure they are cooked through.
  5. Serve with the pickles, lemon wedges and salad and a generous spoonful of tzatiki.
Recipe by Cherished By Me at https://cherishedbyme.com/2015/08/cypriot-souvlaki-with-tzatziki-pickles/