Ingredients
- Handful walnut halves, about 3 to 4 tablespoons
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/2 small red onion, finely chopped
- 1/3 cup whole milk
- 2/3 cup feta crumbles
- 1 tablespoon freshly chopped marjoram or oregano, or 1 teaspoon dried
- Few sprigs mint, leaves chopped
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 1/2 pounds ground lamb
- 1 teaspoon paprika or smoked paprika
- A couple pinches ground cinnamon
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 2 bunches farm spinach leaves, stemmed, washed and dried
- Nutmeg, freshly grated
- Ciabatta rolls or sliced crusty bread, toasted
Directions
Toast the walnuts in a dry skillet over medium heat. Remove to a plate and set aside.
Add 1/2 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, half a turn of the pan, and the onions. Cook for 5 minutes to soften, then put them in mixing bowl to cool.
While onions cool, put the milk, feta, half of the marjoram or oregano, mint, salt and pepper, to taste, and the nuts in a food processor and process to a thick, smooth sauce.
Add lamb to the bowl with the onions and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Stir in the remaining marjoram or oregano, paprika and cinnamon. Form the mixture into 4 patties, thinner at the center and thicker at the edges. Heat 1/2 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, in nonstick skillet over medium-high heat and cook the patties 3 to 4 minutes on each side for pink centers.
Meanwhile, heat 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil in another skillet over medium-low heat. Add the garlic clove and let it infuse the oil for 1 to 2 minutes. Add the spinach and let it wilt, then remove the pan from the heat, and season with salt, pepper and nutmeg, to taste.
Add the lamb patties to the bun bottoms or charred bread. Shake off excess liquid as you remove the spinach and pile it on top of the burgers. Slather the bun tops with the feta sauce. Cover the burgers with the bun tops and serve.
















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By ingridullring_1...
broomfield, 44
on November 07, 2012
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This is an amazing recipe! If you like lamb burgers and you like Feta, then this is the recipe for you!
By NOLAEightWarder
on January 29, 2011
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Great recipe. I can't get my sister to eat vegetables and with all the wonderful flavors, she didn't even notice the spinach on top. Definitely a keeper. I also made mini-meatballs with the lamb mix, placed them on the sauce and took them to a cocktail party as my appetizer offering the same night. How easy is that!
By reneeperin_13079213
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on August 16, 2010
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I live in lamb country - Idaho. I see the lambs in early summer and fall and know exactly where they have been. If you didn't tell someone they were eating lamb they wouldn't know it with this recipe. Use the finest lamb you can find. I made this on day 7 of a non-assisted river trip - the feta sauce froze great and the burgers came together quickly. I had 15 people and made 23 burgers, they were all gone.
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