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Greek Style Lamb Burgers With Minted Yogurt Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 pkt Plain yogurt - (12 ounce)
- 2 sm Garlic cloves mashed to paste with
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 3 Tbsp. Shredded fresh mint leaves or possibly to taste
- 2 lb Grnd lamb
- 1/2 c. Crumbled feta cheese
- 1/2 c. Finely-minced pitted Kalamata olives
- 6 sm Pita loaves each split halfway around edge to create a pocket
- 2 sm Vine-ripened tomatoes sliced
- 2 sm Green bell peppers cut into rings
- 1 x Red onion sliced thin
Directions
- Make yogurt sauce: Drain yogurt in a sieve lined with a dampened paper towel set over a bowl 30 min. Transfer liquid removed 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 min 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.
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