Lamburgers
Lamburgers
Recipe Type: Meat
Cuisine: Greek
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Serves: 12
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil
- 1 large red onion (diced)
- 5 cloves of garlic (diced)
- 4-5 lb of boneless leg of lamb (ground)
- 1 handful of fresh mint finely chopped
- 1 handful of fresh oregano finely chopped
- 1 handful of fresh dill finely chopped
- 2 tsp lemon zest (1 medium lemon)
- 1 large egg, slightly beaten
- 2 tsp of sea salt
- 1 cup crumbled feta (optional)
Instructions
- Heat up oil, combine diced onions and garlic and sauté over medium heat.
- Cook until onions and garlic are translucent. Set aside to cool.
- In a large bowl, combine the ground lamb, the cooked onions & garlic, the chopped herbs (mint, oregano, dill) the lemon zest, add salt and pepper to taste, add the egg and mix all ingredients well.
- Form 3 inches in diameter by 3/4 of an inch thick patties, and cook in the oven or barbeque.
- This recipe makes about 12 patties.
Notes
If you have a kitchen-aid mixer with the meat grinding attachment, you can grind your own lamb, after you remove all the silver skin and fat like we do.[br]We also like to make these lam-burgers ahead of time and freeze them. [br]We make some with feta, and some without.
