Greek-Style Lamb Burgers With Minted Yogurt Sauce

Recipe Ingredients

		For Yogurt Sauce
1		Plain yogurt - (12 oz)
2		Garlic cloves - mashed to paste with (small)
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Salt
3 tablespoons	45ml	Shredded fresh mint leaves - or to taste
		For Burgers
2 lbs	908g / 32oz	Ground lamb
1/2 cup	73g / 2.6oz	Crumbled feta cheese
1/2 cup	73g / 2.6oz	Finely-chopped pitted Kalamata olives
6 cups	1422ml	Pita loaves - each split halfway (small)
		Around edge to form a pocket
2		Vine-ripened tomatoes - sliced (small)
2		Green bell peppers - cut into rings (small)
1		Red onion - sliced thin

Recipe Instructions

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. Handling lamb as gently as possible, in a bowl combine lamb with feta and olives and form into six 1-inch-thick patties. Season burgers lightly with salt and pepper to taste and grill on an oiled rack set 5 to 6 inches over glowing coals 7 minutes on each side for medium-rare.

Transfer burgers to pita pockets and top with tomatoes, bell peppers and onion. Serve burgers with yogurt sauce.

This recipe yields 6 servings.

Source:
COOKING LIVE with Sara Moulton - Recipe courtesy of Gourmet Magazine - From the TV FOOD NETWORK - (Show # CL-8708)

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