Gyros and homemade pita


 
Dave from Denver

Dave from Denver

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Made these with pork cushion meat. It's a lean cut trimmed off the shoulder butt and packaged separately.

Seasoning in the meat is onion, garlic, turmeric, crushed red pepper, cumin, marjoram, and 1.5% salt.

Processed in batches in the food processor then formed into a log.

Pita dough comes together like pizza dough, easy to bake on the stone in the gasser around 500f.
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Fresh tzatziki sauce: Greek yogurt, lemon juice, dill weed, garlic powder, salt, pepper, mint, and minced drained cucumber. And I got my sous chef here.

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Hi there!
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Nice job!!
Gyros look delicious..
I never had one but next time I see them I will order and then make my own.
 
Dave that is really a noval idea for home cooking. I read the description of Cushion Meat but never heard or seen of it before? Curious too about how you arrived at 1.5% salt?
Awesome.
 
Thanks everyone for the comments! Regarding some questions above:

The pita bread recipe was pinched from this blog here

http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2009/03/pita-bread/

I elected to use 1.5% salt because that is my preferred salt level for fresh sausages which is essentially what this preparation is.

Pork cushion meat I got at restaurant depot for about $1.40lb this week. Planning to smoke some to pull this weekend, and will report how it works.
 
gotta tellya Dave, those look PERFECT!
Haven't eetin' a Gyro since Summerfest!

what's your puppy's name?
 
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