I’ve shared a lamb burger recipe before sometime last year, before I lost all my post. I was having a homemade burger again so I thought why not share this one too. This recipe is a bit different from the one I made before, so if you’re looking for a delicious burger made at home please do give this recipe ago.
Note: making homemade burgers are a lot healthier than most burgers sold outside. In this recipe I pan seared the lamb patty to get the colour and then put it in the oven to finish up. The reason I did this was because I added caramelised onion and sun-dried tomatoes into the lamb mince so because of these ingredients the outside of the patty cooked really fast and could easily burn. Cooking them in the oven helps to cook the patty more evenly without burning the outside too much. However you can cook your patty anyway you prefer.
I love adding herbs, fresh or dried into my burger mince to give the patty more fragrant and flavour, but it’s optional so leave them out if you don’t like their smells. I find lamb mince more flavourful than beef or pork therefore I always use lamb mince to make my burgers, but you can use any meat that you like.
GOURMET BURGER
Prep-Time: 10 mins Serve: 2
Cooking Time: 20 mins
Ingredients
300g lamb mince
1 onion, sliced
4 pieces sundried tomato chopped
1 clove garlic, mince
1 1/2 tsp honey
oil
1 fresh dill, minced
4 fresh thyme leaves
4 coriander, minced
Salt and pepper to taste
for the burger
2 slices cheese
6 lettuce leaves
4 slices bacon, cooked to crispy
1 tomato, sliced
sauces of your choice
6 slices cucumber pickled
4 slices of bread/2 bread rolls
Method
In a frying pan, caramelise the onion with the honey and garlic and then leave it to cool.
In a medium sized mixing bowl combine the lamb mince with the herbs, sun-dried tomatoes, the caramelised onion, salt and pepper. Mix the mixture until well combined.
Split the mixed mince in to two parts and make them into 2 burger patties.
Cook the bacon until crispy and set a side. Preheat the oven on 220°C Fan Force.
Cook the patty in the same frying pan that you used to cook the bacon on medium high heat. Once both of the sides of the patty are cooked on the outside layer, transfer the patty into a baking dish and cook it in the oven for 15 minutes.
Line the bread and cheese in a different baking tray. Put them in the oven and allow them to heat until the cheese melts.
Remove from the oven and prepare your burgers with the remaining ingredients.