Lamb Burgers
Created by ellie on March 28, 2024
- Servings: 4
- Prep Time: 10m
- Cook Time: 10m
- Recipe #42579
Ingredients
- Rapeseed or canola oil for frying
- 1 shallot, diced
- 2 1/2 tablespoons flour
- 500 grams ground lamb (this is about 1 pound 2 oz)
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 4 slices Cheddar cheese or your favorite cheese
- 4 brioche buns
- 2 teaspoons dijon mustard or your favorite mustard
- 4 lettuce leaves
- 1 pickle, drained and sliced
- 1/2 red onion, sliced and soaked for 20 minutes in lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon sauerkraut, drained (or other fermented vegetable such as fermented celery and/or carrot)
- Salt
- Pepper
- Sauce
- 2 1/2 tablespoons sour cream
- 2 1/2 tablespoons mayonnaise
- Chives, chopped
How to Make
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Step 1: In a frying pan or skillet over medium heat, heat some oil and then add the shallot and fry until golden. Transfer fried shallot to a mixing bowl to cool.
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Step 2: To make the sauce: combine all the ingredients (sour cream - chives) in a bowl.
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Step 3: To the bowl with the shallots add the ground lamb and paprika and season with salt and pepper, mixing with your hands. Shape into 4 patties. Dredge the burgers in the flour (it is easy to put flour in a pie dish and then dredge the burgers in the four). Shake off any excess flour.
How to Make
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Step 4: Pour about 1/4 inch of the oil into the frying pan over medium heat. Once the oil is hot, add eh burgers and cook for about 3-5 minutes then turn the burgers topping each burger with a slice of cheese, and cook for another few minutes
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Step 5: Slice the buns in half and spread the bottom half with mustard, add burger on each one topping with a lettuce leaf, pickle slice, soaked red onion, and sauerkraut (or fermented celery and carrot), and then top with some sauce. Cover with the second half of the bun.