Gyros Special – baked with peppers in Metaxa sauce

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 250 g mushrooms, fresh
• 2 tbsp oil
• 750 g pork, shredded, gyros style, ready seasoned or seasoned yourself
• 3 tbsp Metaxa or brandy
• 2 tbsp tomato paste
• 2 tbsp sour cream or crème fraîche
• 100 g cheese, grated
• some stalks of fresh herbs, e.g. parsley/thyme/rosemary etc.
• 2 bell peppers, red

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 20 minutes; Total time approx. 40 minutes

Preheat the oven to 200°C (top/bottom heat). Clean, wash, and finely chop the peppers. Clean and wash the mushrooms, halving or quartering them if necessary. Heat the oil in a wide pan and fry the peppers and mushrooms for about 3 minutes, then remove. Fry the meat in the fat in batches for about 5-6 minutes each. Return all the meat, mushrooms, and peppers to the pan. Stir in the Metaxa and tomato paste and bring to a boil. Stir in the sour cream. Place the gyros in a baking dish and sprinkle with the cheese. Bake in the oven for about 10 minutes until golden brown and serve garnished with fresh herbs. Serve with flatbread or roasted potatoes.