Grilled beef & lamb souvlaki on homemade pita bread

Grilled beef & lamb souvlaki on homemade pita bread

Postby smokin'newb » Mon Feb 28, 2011 12:35 am

I haven't had any decent greek food in a while and decided to make my own. I found some boneless lamb loin on sale and had some dry aged new york strip steak taking up space in my freezer:

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I tried to make the souvlaki marinade using as many fresh herbs as I could find:

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The meat was cut into 1 inch chunk and marinated in a vacuum sealed bag for 18 hours:

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I decided to make my own pita bread, using this recipe:

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Homemade tzatziki sauce:

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The beef and lamb souvlaki got tossed on the Weber with some lump charcoal briquettes:

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And dinner was served:

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Rolled it up into a sandwich:

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Close up of greek fries (fries seasoned with sea salt and sumac, and topped with feta cheese and fresh chopped parsley):

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And with a delicious Greek dinner, there must be a delicious Greek dessert. Oh how I love baklava. I just hate making it, which is why I only do it every 4 years. And it's been that long, so here we go:

Cold smoking butter and clover honey (using mostly cherry wood dust, with a little hickory):

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Smoked honey syrup for baklava (smoked clover honey, sugar, water, and fresh squeezed lemon juice):

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I've discovered that the key to the texture of the baklava filling from Greek restaurants, is their use of cracker or bread crumbs. I had some Biscoff (speculoos) cookies I needed to use up, so I used these instead.

Ingredients for baklava filling:

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Melted the smoked butter and slathered the phyllo dough:

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Baklava rolls, fresh out of the oven:

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Baklava rolls soaking up the smoked honey syrup:

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Dessert is served:

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If I don't make any more posts after this, it's because I overdosed on this here baklava. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have more baklava devouring to get back to.

Καλή τρώει.

:P
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Postby grisell » Mon Feb 28, 2011 1:05 am

OMG! :shock: I can imagine that it was just as good as it looked. :D
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Postby mitchamus » Mon Feb 28, 2011 1:17 am

wow.

pass the cigarettes... :lol:
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Postby Big Guy » Mon Feb 28, 2011 2:10 am

Fantastic food and pictures. I wish I was there to share. :D
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Postby Jogeephus » Mon Feb 28, 2011 3:15 am

I would love to have tasted it.
Patience please, I'm just trying to get on the learning curve.
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Postby NCPaul » Wed Mar 02, 2011 7:18 pm

OPA! :D
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Postby Darius » Tue Mar 29, 2011 1:43 pm

WOW! How did I miss this post??

FANTASTIC!!!
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Postby Jogeephus » Tue Mar 29, 2011 2:37 pm

I'm still hungry!
Patience please, I'm just trying to get on the learning curve.
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Postby Vindii » Tue Mar 29, 2011 2:38 pm

That is awesome. Great cook. Thanks for posting it.
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Postby BriCan » Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:52 pm

The only big problem I found with this was he forgot to invite us all over to help do the taste test :roll: :lol: :lol:
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Postby Jogeephus » Wed Mar 30, 2011 12:23 am

I agree and afterall there is such a thing as next day air.
Patience please, I'm just trying to get on the learning curve.
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Postby GarretT » Thu Sep 15, 2011 7:40 pm

I love Greek food, I just wish I could make it. I probably don't have the patience to make the baklava or the homemade pita bread. It does look delicious and makes me crave for some gyros.
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Postby Yannis » Sat Sep 17, 2011 8:44 am

Well done smokin'newb :drool:

You can try to make baklava with almonds instead walnuts, my mother makes it this way and fo me it is far better.
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Postby Wunderdave » Sat Sep 17, 2011 3:59 pm

Nice work here, that homemade pita looks fantastic.
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