Serves 4
700g lean minced lamb
1 small onion, finely chopped
8 dried apricot halves, finely
chopped
4 tablespoon pine nuts
25g fine dry breadcrumbs
2 teaspoons mild curry powder
1 egg
Salt and pepper
4 pittas, heated and cut in half
For the sauce
½ cucumber, peeled and grated
300ml
plain yoghurt
2 tablespoons
chopped fresh mint
1)
Combine the lamb, onion, apricots, pine nuts,
breadcrumbs, curry powder, egg, salt and pepper in a bowl. Mix well together
with your fingers until blended.
2)
Divide into 8 portions and shape each into a
small burger. Cover and chill for 30 minutes.
3)
Meanwhile, for the sauce, squeeze the grated
cucumber in a double thickness of paper towels to extract excess water.
4)
Mix together the cucumber, yoghurt and mint.
Season to taste with salt and pepper.
5)
Preheat the grill or prepare a charcoal fire.
6)
Grill or barbecue the burgers until they are
cooked to your taste, about 10 minutes for medium. Turn them halfway through
cooking to ensure that they are brown and cook evenly.
7)
Serve the burgers in the pitta halves, with the
cucumber sauce.
700g lean minced lamb
1 small onion, finely chopped
8 dried apricot halves, finely
chopped
4 tablespoon pine nuts
25g fine dry breadcrumbs
2 teaspoons mild curry powder
1 egg
Salt and pepper
4 pittas, heated and cut in half
For the sauce
½ cucumber, peeled and grated
300ml
plain yoghurt
2 tablespoons
chopped fresh mint
1)
Combine the lamb, onion, apricots, pine nuts,
breadcrumbs, curry powder, egg, salt and pepper in a bowl. Mix well together
with your fingers until blended.
2)
Divide into 8 portions and shape each into a
small burger. Cover and chill for 30 minutes.
3)
Meanwhile, for the sauce, squeeze the grated
cucumber in a double thickness of paper towels to extract excess water.
4)
Mix together the cucumber, yoghurt and mint.
Season to taste with salt and pepper.
5)
Preheat the grill or prepare a charcoal fire.
6)
Grill or barbecue the burgers until they are
cooked to your taste, about 10 minutes for medium. Turn them halfway through
cooking to ensure that they are brown and cook evenly.
7)
Serve the burgers in the pitta halves, with the
cucumber sauce.
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