Feta Cheeseburger

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 37 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 ounces feta cheese, crumbled
• 4 ounces cream cheese
• 1/4 cup plain yogurt or 1/4 cup greek yogurt
• 1/4 cup pepperoncini pepper, sliced
• 2 tablespoons scallions, sliced
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest, minced
• salt, to taste
• fresh ground black pepper, to taste
• 2 lbs ground round or 2 lbs ground chuck
• salt, to taste
• fresh ground black pepper, to taste
• oregano, to taste
• crushed red pepper flakes, to taste (optional)
• 4 hoagie rolls or 4 ciabatta rolls, split, toasted
• red leaf lettuce
• tomato, slices
• thinly sliced cucumber
• yogurt, for rolls (only if needed)

Recipe

• 1 preheat grill to medium-high.
• 2 process feta, cream cheese and yogurt until smooth.
• 3 add pepperoncinis, scallions, zest, and seasonings; pulse to coarsely chop, then set aside.
• 4 shape ground round or ground chuck into 8 (4 oz) portions on wax paper, using a fork to form them into patties the size of hoagie rolls (it's fine if you use regular round buns).
• 5 season with salt, pepper, oregano and coarsely crushed red pepper flakes.
• 6 top 4 patties with a slice of onion.
• 7 cover with remaining patties, seal edges with a fork and season again.
• 8 grill burgers on an oiled grate for 4 minutes, flip and cook 2 minutes more.
• 9 spoon 1/4 cup feta sauce on each burger; grill 2 minutes.
• 10 serve burgers on the rolls, lettuce, tomato and cucumbers.