VEAL BURGERS WITH GRILLED VEGETABLES

VEAL BURGERS WITH GRILLED VEGETABLES image

Yield 4 people

Number Of Ingredients 16

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1-1/2 to 2 pounds of ground veal
1/2 cup crumbled feta
3 tablespoons chopped flat leaf parsley
1 shallot, finely chopped
S&P
1 egg
1 egg white
EVOO
1 fennel bulb, trimmed and thickly sliced
2 zucchini, trimmed and thickly sliced
2 yellow squash, trimmed and thickly sliced
1/4 cup torn basil leaves
2 tablespoons baslamic vinegar
2 tablespoons EVOO
1 yellow tomato, sliced
1 bunch arugula, trimmed

Steps:

Light a charcoal grill with out rack in place. In a bowl, combine the veal, feta, parsley, shallot, S&P, egg, and egg white. Mix well. Form into 4 patties, Rub with EVOO and sprinkle with S&P. In another large bowl, combine the fennel, zucchini, squash, basil, vinegar, and 2 tbsps. EVOO. Wrap half the grill rack with foil. Poke holes in foil and set rack in place. When coals reach cooking temp, set burgers on foil. Set vegetables on the side of the rack without foil. Cover grill and cook for about 4 minutes or until vegetables begin to char. Turn vegetables and burgers. Re-cover and cook for 3 minutes more until the burgers are medium to medium rare. Remove brugers and continue to cook vegetables, uncovered, until tender. Arrange burgers and vegetables on a slice of tomato. Garnish with arugula, sprinkled with a bit of EVOO, salt and pepper.