my favorite way to eat lamb is in the form of a burger dressed in a cool yogurt sauce. i decided to spice up my burgers tonight with some savory seasonings and added some citrus and mint to the yogurt sauce for a complementary cool clean taste. this pairs well with my mediterranean orzo pasta salad and the recipes are posted below.
lamb burgers: (serves 2)
3/4 pound of ground lamb
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
2 pinches ground cumin
3 cloves chopped garlic
1 tablespoon evoo
2 pieces of naan
mint leaves
crumbled goat feta
directions:
mix the spices and the chopped garlic in a bowl. then mix with the ground lamb and evoo. form the burgers in the palm of your hand- each should be about the size of a falafel and there should be 3 burgers per person. then, heat a grill pan over high and cook the burgers until they are medium. while the burgers are cooking, arrange some crumbled feta on top of the naan. once the burgers are done, place them atop the crumbled feta and top each burger with a mint leaf. drizzle with cucmber lemon yogurt sauce.
cucumber-lemon-yogurt-sauce
ingredients:
1/2 cup of traditional greek yogurt (full fat)
juice from 1/2 of a lemon
7 mint leaves
small handful of chopped cucumber
salt and pepper
1 clove garlic
directions:
process the cucmber and mint leaves with the lemon juice and garlic in a food processor until smooth. then add the yogurt with two shakes of salt and pepper and process until fully blended.
mediterranean-orzo-salad:
ingredients:
3/4 cup of orzo
salt and pepper
handful of chopped cucumber
handful of chopped goat cheese feta
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
1 shallot finely chopped
directions:
heat a pot with boiling water and two dashes of salt for the orzo and then cook the orzo until al dente. rinse the orzo with cold water after you strain it and then combine with the chopped cucumber and shallot before adding the balsamic and one shake of pepper. then, gently fold in the goat cheese feta before serving.
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