CATEGORY |
CUISINE |
TAG |
YIELD |
Meats, Grains, Dairy |
|
Cooking liv, Import |
1 |
Servings |
INGREDIENTS
1 |
|
Container (12-oz) plain yogurt |
1 |
|
Garlic clove, minced and mashed to a paste with 1/4 teaspoon salt |
3 |
tb |
Shredded fresh mint leaves, or to taste |
1 1/2 |
lb |
Fresh ground lamb from the shoulder |
1 |
|
Garlic clove, minced |
1 |
tb |
Minced fresh rosemary or 1 teaspoon crumbled dried rosemary |
1 |
tb |
Minced fresh parsley leaves or 1 teaspoon dried thyme |
|
|
Salt and freshly ground black pepper |
1/3 |
c |
Coarsely chopped pitted kalamata olives |
2 |
|
Ripe medium tomatoes, seeded and coarsely chopped |
3 |
tb |
Minced fresh parsley |
2 |
tb |
Olive oil |
2 |
ts |
Red wine vinegar |
1/2 |
c |
Crumbled goat cheese |
6 |
|
Pita, each split halfway around edge to form a pocket |
INSTRUCTIONS
FOR YOGURT SAUCE
FOR BURGERS
CHOPPED SALAD
Make yogurt sauce: Drain yogurt in a sieve lined with a dampened paper
towel set over a bowl 30 minutes. Transfer drained yogurt to a small bowl
and stir in garlic paste and mint.
Make burgers: Prepare grill. In a bowl gently but thoroughly combine the
lamb, garlic, rosemary, parsley, salt and pepper. Grill on an oiled rack
set 5 to 6 inches over glowing coals 7 minutes on each side for
medium-rare.
In a bowl combine olives, tomatoes, parsley, olive oil and red wine
vinegar. Season with salt and pepper.
Transfer burgers to pita pockets and sprinkle with goat cheese. Top with
chopped salad. Serve burgers with yogurt sauce.
Yield: 4 servings
Recipe by: Cooking Live Show #CL8912 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #652 by
"Angele and Jon Freeman" <jfreeman@netusa1.net> on Jun 30, 1997
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