Sheftalia Kebab Mushrooms in Wine is a traditional Cypriot recipe for a classic dish of sheftalia meatballs threaded on skewers, barbecued and served in pita bread. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Cypriot version of: Mushrooms in Wine (Manitaria Krasata).
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This dish is a Cypriot classic, sheftalia meatballs cooked on a barbecue and served in pita bread with pickles, onion, parsley and chillies.
Ingredients:
8 sheftalia
4 pitta bread
1 small lettuce, shredded
8 tbsp onion, finely chopped
4 tbsp parsley, chopped
4 pickled gherkins, diced
4 to 8 pickled green chillies
Method:
Cook the sheftalia on your barbecue until done through. When the sheftalia are almost ready place the pita breads on the barbecue and toast on both sides until puffed up and warmed through.
Slit the tops of the pitta breads to form pockets and sit the shredded lettuce in the base. Slice 2 sheftalias into each pocket and top with the onion, gherkins, parsley and chillies.
