If you have heard the word tzatziki then you probably know by now that it’s a Greek cucumber sauce used in pita sandwiches of all sorts or as a dip with pita bread or just to top your wonderfully grilled meats! It’s basically yummy on everything.
Well, today I am planning to make a Greek style roasted pork belly with potatoes for dinner which I will then wrap up in pita bread and add tzatziki on it…BUT, I don’t have any cucumbers and won’t have time to go out and get any before dinner. What to do? Make up a sauce?
Normally, I would also add sliced onions and chopped parsley to this said pita sandwich. So I thought, I can make a sauce that incorporates those flavors, along with the garlic, lemon and olive oil that goes into my regular cucumber tzatziki sauce and make a mock tzatziki with parsley and green onions. So, I came up with this recipe 🙂 .
You will need:
- 7oz container of 2% plain Greek yogurt
- 1/4 cup Italian leaf parsley, chopped
- 1/4 cup green onions, thinly sliced (green and white parts)
- 1 large clove of garlic, finely chopped
- 1 juicy lemon, zested and half juiced
- 1/8 cup extra virgin olive oil
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Steps:
- Add yogurt, parsley, green onions, garlic, and lemon zest to bowl and combine.
- Add 1/2 teaspoon of salt and 1/4 teaspoon of freshly ground black pepper, or to taste. Mix well.
- Alternately, add half of the olive oil, stir, then half of the half juiced lemon and stir and repeat.
- Make sure it’s well combined and set in the refrigerator until ready to use. If you can let it sit at least 2 hours before using it that will make it even more flavorful. Serve on your favorite grilled meats, sandwiches or as a dip with homemade pita chips.
Kali Orexi!
