Jan's Lamb, Apple And Stilton Cheese Burgers

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 400 g ground lamb
• stilton cheese or blue cheese
• 1 large onion
• 1 slice bread
• applesauce
• 1 egg yolk
• salt
• fresh ground pepper

Recipe

• 1 you will need about 2 desert spoons of apple sauce and it needs to be the kind with bits of apple in and not the smooth kind.
• 2 cut the cheese into little cubes.
• 3 in a mixer, whiz the bread to make breadcrumbs and set aside.
• 4 now, whiz the onion so they're nicely choped, and then transfer to a large mixing bowl.
• 5 then using the mixer again, mix the lamb until it’s chopped up a bit finer.
• 6 transfer the lamb to the bowl with the onion.
• 7 add half the breadcrumbs and mix together adding the egg yolk, apple sauce, a pinch of salt and some freshly ground pepper.
• 8 only mix in the rest of the breadcrumbs if the mixture looks too wet.
• 9 now carefully mix in the cheese, try not to break it up too much.
• 10 divide the mixture into 4 or 6 (depending how large you want your burgers)! with floured hands and on a floured board shape into burgers.
• 11 using a large pan, fry in a little olive oil until cooked. try not the turn too many times so they get a nice colour and are cooked through.
• 12 serve in warm toasted burger buns with salad and whatever else you fancy.