Crete

Pork in Pitta Bread

(Quick and Easy)

Ingredients

  • 1kg pork shoulder
  • 1 garlic clove - crushed
  • 1 sprig Rosemary
  • 100ml olive oil
  • 1 lemon juice
  • 1 handful mixed salad leaves
  • 1 red onion - finely sliced
  • 1 tomato - finely sliced
  • 0.5 Cucumber - finely sliced
  • 150g tzatziki
  • 1 tsp lemon juice, or to taste
  • 4 pitta breads
  • 150g hummus

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180C/gas 4. Heat a roasting tin on the hob and seal the pork fillet. Season and remove from the heat. Add the garlic, rosemary, olive oil and lemon juice. Roast in the oven for 25 minutes. Remove and rest for 10 minutes. Carve into slices.
  2. For the salad: put the leaves, onion, tomato and cucumber in a large bowl. Add the tzatziki and a squeeze of lemon juice and mix well.
  3. Heat the pittas by lightly wetting and then lightly oiling each side. Place in a frying pan heating either side gently.
  4. Slice through the top of the pitta and spread some humous on the inside. Then fill the pitta with the pork and salad mix. Halve each pitta to serve.

Prep: 15 min

Cook: 35 min

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