MAPLE GLAZED CHIPOTLE GOAT CHEESE LAMB BURGERS

Maple Glazed Chipotle Goat Cheese Lamb Burgers image

These juicy lamb burgers are filled with goat cheese, roasted garlic, fresh rosemary, chipotle chiles and glazed with maple syrup. Serve on ciabbatta bread with a side of oven roasted potato wedges with italian herbs and pesto aioli.

Provided by Q80 BurgerBelly

Categories Main Dish Recipes Burger Recipes Lamb

Time 2h15m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

1 head garlic
1 pound ground lamb
6 ounces soft goat cheese
6 tablespoons minced chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
2 sprigs chopped fresh rosemary
2 tablespoons maple syrup
1 ½ teaspoons salt
½ teaspoon cracked black pepper
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 tablespoons maple syrup
4 ciabatta buns, split and toasted

Steps:

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Cut the top off of the head of garlic, and place onto a small, oven safe dish.
Bake the garlic in the preheated oven until the cloves are soft and golden brown, about 1 hour. Remove from the oven, and cool. Once cool enough to handle, squeeze the roasted garlic into a mixing bowl. Add the lamb, goat cheese, chipotle peppers, rosemary, 2 tablespoons maple syrup, salt, and pepper; mix well. Form the mixture into 4 patties.
Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Sear the lamb patties for 1 minute on each side, then reduce the heat to medium-low, and continue cooking to your desired degree of doneness, about 2 minutes per side for medium-well. About 1 minute before the patties are ready, pour in the remaining 2 tablespoons of maple syrup, and allow it to thicken and glaze the burgers. Serve on toasted ciabatta buns.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 608.9 calories, Carbohydrate 42 g, Cholesterol 109.6 mg, Fat 33.7 g, Fiber 2.1 g, Protein 33.5 g, SaturatedFat 15.9 g, Sodium 1481.5 mg, Sugar 13.8 g