Ok, so I have never purchased lamb in my life before this meal. I have eaten it, I can remember three times, in my life. I was trepidatious! I even suggested to Michael that maybe we want to switch to bison or turkey for this recipe, he said we should at least TRY the recipe as written. OK.
I can't think about what it actually is. I will not be able to eat if I actually THINK about it. Also, touching ground meat really makes me queasy. I feel like bacteria is crawling up my arm if I even THINK I got a drop of raw "juice" on me. I dont even touch meat packages with my bare hand and it can't touch the cart without a bag, and always has to be bagged separately.
I have a prayer/mantra I have when I am dealing with raw meat. and just keep saying "Thank you God for this good. Thank you God for healthy food, Thank you for the ability to buy food at the store. Thank you that I have options of different food to eat tonight." It really helps!
True, it's not just lamb that makes me pray while preparing. I have a HORROR of all raw meat. ALL of it. I have actually cried while I had to wash a thanksgiving turkey before my mom cooked it. SO I had to suck it up today and make burgers with ground lamb. (lets just call it meat, that sounds better)
Having said that we still got ground lamb and I started in on making the burgers.
The avo ziki was avocado, cucumber, lemon, evoo, salt, pepper, dill, and garlic.
When I made this I was SURE it was way too lemon-ie. I was actually really disappointed with the strong sour citrus taste, but when you put it on the burger (or on the lettuce) it was REALLY perfect. Sorry I doubted you Sugar Book! I guess I'm too used to guacamole :) This was also the first time i cooked with dill. I had always thought it would be too strong a flavor for everyday cooking, but I was wrong. It was really tasty and mild, even though I used quite a bit, both in the avo-ziki and the buggers.
When I made this I was SURE it was way too lemon-ie. I was actually really disappointed with the strong sour citrus taste, but when you put it on the burger (or on the lettuce) it was REALLY perfect. Sorry I doubted you Sugar Book! I guess I'm too used to guacamole :) This was also the first time i cooked with dill. I had always thought it would be too strong a flavor for everyday cooking, but I was wrong. It was really tasty and mild, even though I used quite a bit, both in the avo-ziki and the buggers.
Getting ready for the meat... Chopping onions for the burger topping and adding spices to meat bowl for mixing.
There it is... the meat.
Mixed up the spices and divided into burger patties. I like having 2 burgers so I divided the large patties into 2 smaller sliders.
Add cheese, lay on the avo ziki and lay on lettuce.
They were really good! We also have 3 servings left over in the freezer. Its awesome to have burgers pre-made now. Yea!
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