Giaourtlou Kebab

Takes 40 minutes | Serves 5 |

Ingredients

454 g ground beef
454 g ground pork
2 slices stale bread
some to soak bread water
250 g grated onion
125 g grated ripe tomato
1 piece large egg
2 cloves garlic
0.5 tsp ground cumin
0.5 tsp ground allspice
1 Tbsp dried Greek oregano
0.5 tsp baking soda
1.5 tsp ground pepper
4 tsp sea salt
60 g butter
125 g diced onions
375 g tomato puree
some to taste salt
some to taste pepper
4 pieces pita breads
375 g full-fat Greek-style yogurt
125 g chopped fresh parsley
1 tsp sweet paprika

Steps

Kebab Mixture

• In a bowl, mix the ingredients for the kebab mixture: ground beef, ground pork, softened and squeezed stale bread, grated onion, grated ripe tomato, egg, minced garlic, ground cumin, ground allspice, dried Greek oregano, baking soda, 1/2 tsp ground pepper, and sea salt. Form into hamburger-like shapes and refrigerate until ready to grill.

Tomato Sauce

• Start the tomato sauce. In a saucepan over medium-high heat, add butter and sweat diced onions for about 10 minutes. Add tomato puree, salt, and pepper. Simmer for another 15-20 minutes or until the sauce thickens. Adjust seasoning and set aside.

Grilling and Assembly

• Form the meat mixture into sausage shapes. Preheat gas or charcoal grill to medium heat. Brush and clean grill surface, then lubricate with a vegetable oil-treated towel. Grill kebabs.
• Brush pita bread with olive oil and warm on the grill. Remove pita and kebabs for assembly.
• Cut pita into 4-5 strips and place on a plate. Top with 3 kebabs per portion. Add yogurt, then tomato sauce. Garnish with chopped parsley and paprika.