Ingredients

  • 800g boneless shoulder or leg of lamb, trimmed of fat and cut into 4cm cubes
  • Marinade:
  • 1 tbsp dried oregano leaves
  • 1 tbsp chopped parsley
  • 1 tsp smoked paprika
  • 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
  • freshly ground black pepper & salt, to taste
  • 60ml extra virgin olive oil
  • zest and juice of 1 lemon
  • Greek Style Yogurt Sauce:
  • 11⁄2 cups FARMERS UNION Greek Style Yogurt
  • 1 large clove garlic, crushed
  • juice of 1⁄2 lemon
  • 1 Lebanese cucumber, grated, then squeezed in a tea towel to remove water
  • 1 tsp chopped mint leaves
  • Red Onion Pickle:
  • 1 red onion, thinly sliced
  • 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
  • Pita Bread:
  • 350g SR flour
  • pinch salt, to taste
  • 300g FARMERS UNION Greek Style Yogurt
  • 60g butter + dash olive oil, for cooking
  • To Serve:
  • 1 cos lettuce, leaves washed & trimmed
  • 2 tomatoes, sliced
  • 1 lemon, cut into wedges

Method

Step 1

Combine marinade ingredients together in shallow ceramic baking dish. Thread lamb onto metal skewers and place in marinade turning skewers to coat well. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight if possible, turning skewers from time-to-time.

Step 2

Prepare Greek Style Yogurt Sauce. Mix ingredients in a small bowl and season to taste with salt. Refrigerate until ready to use. Prepare Red Onion Pickle.Toss onion in a small bowl with the vinegar and set aside.

Step 3

Prepare pita breads. Place flour and salt in a large mixing bowl. Add FARMERS
UNION Greek Style Yogurt and mix well. Using your hands knead lightly into a smooth dough. Divide dough into 100g balls. Rest for 5 minutes then roll each ball into thin rounds approximately 16cm in diameter. Set aside. Heat a small amount of butter with a dash of oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Cook pita breads for approximately 3 minutes each side or until golden brown then set aside until ready to use.

Step 4

Cook lamb skewers on a hot BBQ grill plate with a little olive oil for approximately 2-3 minutes on all sides until lamb is cooked to liking. To assemble souvas smear a spoonful of Greek Style Yogurt Sauce along the centre of each pita bread and top with lettuce, slices of tomatoes, a lamb skewer, a little pickled red onion and a spoonful of Greek Style Yogurt sauce.

Serve immediately with lemon wedges.

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