Middle Eastern Lamb Burgers
These Middle Eastern-spiced lamb burgers from Bon Appetempt are all cozy and nestled up with feta cheese and a bright tahini sauce. Dive in — mouth first.
Equipment
- 1 cast iron skillet
Ingredients
Burgers
- 1 lb lean ground lamb
- 1 tbsp red onion finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves chopped
- 2 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- salt and pepper
- 1 tbsp olive oil for cooking burgers
To Serve
- Shirazi salad
- tahini sauce
- 4 pita bread
- feta cheese
Tahini Sauce
- 1/2 cup tahini (sesame seed paste)
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
- 1/4 cup hot water
Instructions
- Make the tahini sauce by combining tahini and lemon juice in a small bowl and whisking with a fork until smooth. Add the hot water and whisk some more. If it seems pretty thick, add a bit more water until it's the thickness of something you can easily pour into your pita pocket. Season to taste with salt. Set aside or refrigerate if you're not using until much later.
- Mix all the burger ingredients in a bowl. Shape a quarter of the mixture at a time into a ball, then flatten to a burger 4-inches in diameter. You can make these in advance, then cover and chill them.
- In a large cast-iron skillet, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Cook the burgers for 5-6 minutes per side. Meanwhile, toast the pitas in the oven or toaster. Slice open the pitas and stuff with your own personal mixture of burger, tahini sauce, salad, and feta, if using.