Minted Lamb Burgers Recipe

Ingredients

1 / 4 cup applesauce

2 tablespoons breadcrumbs

2 tablespoons minced onion

1 clove garlic, minced

1 teaspoon teaspoon chopped fresh rosemary or 1 / 4 c. teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed

1 / 4 c. teaspoon salt

1 pound lean ground lamb

2 tablespoons mint jelly, melted

4 slices of pita bread, cut in half crosswise

4 lettuce leaves

1 / 2 cucumber, thinly sliced

1 small tomato, halved and sliced

1 / 2 cup plain yogurt

Direntions

1. In a medium bowl, combine apple juice, bread crumbs, onion, garlic, rosemary and salt. Add ground lamb and mix well. Shape into four 3/4-inch-thick patties.

2. Grill patties on grill over medium coals directly exposed for 8 minutes. Turn meat and baste with mint jelly. Grill for 6-10 minutes or until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the side of the cake registers 160 degrees F, brushing once or twice with remaining jelly. Open pita bread halves. Line each with a lettuce leaf and a few slices of cucumber. Place patties in pita halves with lettuce, cucumber, tomato, and yogurt. Serve with remaining pita halves. Makes 4 servings.

In order to indirectly heat the grill

Arrange preheated coals around a drip pan in a covered grill. Test for medium heat above the pan. Place steaks on grill over drip pan. Cover and grill for 20 to 24 minutes or until an instant-read thermometer inserted in side of patty registers 160 degrees F. patties turn and basting with jelly halfway through cooking time.