Middle Eastern spiced lamb
and lentil burger
Ingredients
2# leg of lamb including outer fat
layer cut into cubes
½ cup green lentils cooked in
salted water until tender and skins start to burst (about 25 min)
1 large onion sautéed in 1 tbsp
butter with a pinch of salt (for 20 min until brown)
1 Tbsp garam
marsala spice
2 tsp cumin
1.5 tsp coriander
1 lemon juiced
2 tbsp olive oil
1 cup roasted and salted cashews
½ cup grated parmesan cheese
½ cup seasoned bread crumbs
2 eggs (cracked)
1 tbsp salt
1.5 tsp black pepper
4 tbsp olive oil (for cooking
burgers)
8 hamburger buns
1 recipe of yogurt sauce (recipe
below) (make this before the burger to let flavors meld)
2 large tomatoes sliced
8 leafs of romaine lettuce
Yogurt sauce
Ingredients
½ cup
yogurt
3 Tbsp
chopped mint
1 large
red apple peeled and grated
½ lemon juiced
1 tbsp
maple syrup
Salt
and pepper to taste
Making the burger
1.)
Pre-heat oven to 350 f
2.)
Toss all ingredients
in a large bowl
3.)
Using a food processor
or food grinder attachment of kitchen aid grind all ingredients in small
batches
4.)
Toss ingredients again
and make a small burger patty. Cook it
in a large sauté pan and taste it for seasoning.
5.)
Correct salt, pepper,
lemon, too taste
6.)
Form into 8 large
burgers
7.)
In 2 large sauté pans
put 2 tbsp of oil into each and heat over medium
8.)
When hot at burgers to
pan cooking 5 min/side
9.)
Finish in oven about 5
minutes until cooked through
Directions
1.)
Combine all
ingredients and taste for seasoning
2.)
Adjust if necessary
3.)
Serve on top of burger
and add tomato and lettuce
Notes
I have
always thought that lamb and lentils would make a great burger. I didn’t get a chance to put them together
until recently when a bunch of leftover lamb and lentils from production needed
to be used up. Something about lamb and garam