Best Five Spice Lamb Burgers With Pickled Cucumber Relish And Five Spice Aioli Recipes

GRILLED SPICY LAMB BURGERS

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Something new for all the grill-daddies! An EASY burger to make, and guests rave over this one.

Provided by Alan Hollister

Categories Main Dish Recipes Burger Recipes Lamb

Time 25m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 15

Ingredients

1 pound ground lamb
2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint leaves
2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
2 tablespoons chopped fresh oregano
1 tablespoon garlic, chopped
1 teaspoon sherry
1 teaspoon white wine vinegar
1 teaspoon molasses
1 teaspoon ground cumin
¼ teaspoon ground allspice
½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon ground black pepper
4 pita bread rounds
4 ounces feta cheese, crumbled

Steps:

Preheat grill for medium heat.
Place the lamb in a large bowl, and mix with the mint, cilantro, oregano, garlic, sherry, vinegar, and molasses. Season with cumin, allspice, red pepper flakes, salt, and black pepper, and mix well. Shape into 4 patties.
Brush grill grate with oil. Grill burgers 5 minutes on each side, or until well done. Heat the pita pocket briefly on the grill. Serve burgers wrapped in pitas with feta cheese.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 478.3 calories, Carbohydrate 38 g, Cholesterol 101.1 mg, Fat 22.4 g, Fiber 1.9 g, Protein 29.4 g, SaturatedFat 10.7 g, Sodium 1003.5 mg, Sugar 2.2 g

SPICED LAMB BURGERS

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This recipe came from a revelation in the '70s, when my friend Semeon Tsalbins introduced me to the lamb burger. It is ground lamb - shoulder is best - highly seasoned and grilled rare. Because lamb is the most full-flavored of the everyday meats, it makes a more delicious plain burger than beef. Cooked with nothing but salt, it's fantastic. Cooked with a variety of spices, as it is here, it's a game-changer. You can also stuff the burger, as Mr. Tsalbins does on occasion, with smoked mozzarella.

Provided by Mark Bittman

Categories dinner, easy, quick, weekday, burgers, main course

Time 20m

Yield 4 burgers

Number Of Ingredients 14

Ingredients

1 1/2 pounds boneless lamb shoulder, cut into chunks
1 medium (or 1/2 large) onion, peeled and cut into chunks
1 fresh chili, preferably jalapeño, seeded and minced
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon turmeric
Salt
freshly ground black pepper to taste
Diced mango to garnish (optional)
green and red pepper to garnish (optional)
red onion to garnish (optional)
scallion to garnish (optional)
shredded carrot to garnish (optional)
shredded lettuce, to garnish (optional)

Steps:

If grilling or broiling, heat should be medium-high and rack about 4 inches from fire. Put lamb and onion into a food processor (in batches if your machine is small) and pulse until coarsely ground. Put in a bowl with chili, coriander, cumin and turmeric, and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Mix, handling the meat as little as possible, until combined. Taste and adjust seasonings. Handling meat as lightly as possible to avoid compressing it, shape it into 4 or more burgers.
To broil or grill, cook about 3 minutes on each side for rare and another minute per side for each increasing stage of doneness. For stovetop, heat a large skillet over medium heat for 2 or 3 minutes, then add patties; cook, undisturbed, for about 2 minutes, then rotate them so they brown evenly. Turn once and cook for a total of about 6 minutes for rare.
Garnish with diced mango, green and red pepper, red onion and scallion, and with shredded carrot and lettuce.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 469, UnsaturatedFat 18 grams, Carbohydrate 4 grams, Fat 37 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 29 grams, SaturatedFat 16 grams, Sodium 481 milligrams, Sugar 1 gram, TransFat 0 grams