Feta, Thyme And Mint Lamb Burgers

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 450 g ground lamb
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 1 tablespoon chopped mint
• 50 g black olives, stoned and chopped
• 1 teaspoon tomato puree
• 1 pinch black pepper
• 100 g feta cheese
• 1 teaspoon thyme, chopped
• 1 cucumber, peeled and sliced
• 4 tomatoes, diced
• 1 red onion, chopped
• 100 g black olives, stoned
• 1 pinch black pepper
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 tablespoon cider vinegar
• 1 teaspoon honey, preferably greek
• 4 slices rustic bread, thick cut
• 1 garlic clove, peeled
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 tablespoon mayonnaise

Recipe

• 1 put the lamb, crushed garlic, mint, chopped olives, tomato puree, salt and freshly ground pepper in a mixing bowl and mix well. divide into four portions.
• 2 in a separate bowl, mix the feta cheese with the thyme. it doesn't matter if it crumbles, just gently squeeze together.
• 3 take a quarter of the mixture into your hand and roll into a ball. flatten out, put a quarter of the feta in the middle and then draw the meat up around it.
• 4 make sure the cheese is secure within the meat. repeat with the other three burgers and chill in the fridge for 10 minutes.
• 5 in the meantime, make the salad by mixing the cucumber, tomatoes, red onion and olives together in a bowl. season with salt and freshly ground pepper.
• 6 whisk the olive oil, cider vinegar and honey together and pour over the salad.
• 7 heat a griddle pan until hot. rub each slice of bread with the garlic clove and sprinkle with olive oil.
• 8 cook the bread on the griddle pan until brown on each sides. keep warm.
• 9 now cook the burgers on a griddle pan. turn once after five minutes, then cook for another 5 minutes on the other side.
• 10 spread the mayonnaise on the toasted bread. top each slice with a freshly griddled lamb burger and a small handful of salad and serve at once.