afoona
Homemade Lamb Burger
Meat

Homemade Lamb Burger

Homemade lamb burger scented with cumin and garlic — juicy, aromatic and impressive. Serve with tahini sauce.

⏱ 25 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Middle Eastern👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 2 parts

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Meatball mix

  1. 1
    Mix the ground meat with the onion, garlic, cumin, paprika, salt and black pepper until evenly combined.
  2. 2
    Chill the mixture 15 minutes.
    Refrigerator
  3. 3
    Divide the mixture into 4 flat round patties, 2 cm thick.

To assemble

  1. 4
    Heat a grill to high heat.
    Charcoal grillorGas grill
  2. 5
    Grill the burgers 3–4 minutes per side, until they are browned outside and done to your liking.
    Tongs
    💡Don't press the meat or flip it more than once: the juices run out and the meat dries out. It releases from the grate once the underside is browned.
  3. 6
    Halve the buns and toast them On the grill.
    Knife
  4. 7
    Spread the tahini on the buns.
  5. 8
    Arrange the lettuce and tomatoes in each bun, and top with a hot patty. Serve with Israeli salad.
698calories
32 gprotein
46 gcarbs
41 gfat
● protein 19%● carbs 27%● fat 54%

Per serving (314 g), of 4 servings

For the Meatball mix · To assemble ·

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (4)

  • Refrigerator · Also works: Freezer (Chills faster; don't let it freeze) · Ice bath (Ice bath)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
  • Tongs · Also works: Turner (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Fork (Pierces the meat)
  • Charcoal grill or Gas grill · one of them

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