These Mini Lamb Burgers make a great appetizer. The fresh tastes pair wonderfully with the lamb and the mini size makes it the perfect party food.
Ingredients
- 1 cup mango salsa (see recipe section)
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ tablespoon white pepper, or to taste
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano
- 1½ pound ground lamb
- brioche or english muffin bread slices (enough to get 16 two inch discs)
- fresh oregano as garnish (optional)
Directions
Put 3/4 cup of the salsa into a blender or mini-food processor and blend until smooth.
Using your hands, gently combine ½ cup of the salsa, spices and lamb in a large bowl. Take care not to overwork the meat. Shape the meat mixture into 16 patties about 2 ¼ inches in diameter and ½ inch thick. Refrigerate the patties, covered, about 1 hour.
Using a 2 inch cookie cutter or a similarly sized shot glass cut the brioche or English muffin bread slices into 16 discs. Save the remnants for another use.
Grill the patties over medium high heat, about 3 minutes per side for medium-rare (if using a charcoal grill, you will know the coals are ready when you can hold your hand 5 inches above the coals for just 3 or 4 seconds).
Toast both sides of the brioche discs until lightly browned.
Serve the mini-burgers, open-faced on top of the brioche discs, topped with a small dollop of the remaining salsa and garnish with fresh oregano (optional).
Since spending time the mountains with my childhood friend in southern Virginia I am thinking I might have to build a still in her back pasture…the jug on here just entices me to move forward with the idea…just call me rum running mamma! I will give you a steal on a few jugs when I pass through 🙂
As always, terrific lead in on this post. I learned a lot and I didn’t realize how much there was to know about rum.
Love the shot of the jug. It reminds me of something Jack Sparrow would drink from!
Argh, ablast ye Greg!
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The lengths people will go to, to be like you (ha ha)
Great info on rum, and rum punch with orange & basil sounds very refreshing and awesome flavors!
Basil is popping up in a lot of drinks lately — how come I didnt get the memo? This sounds tasty in fact it would be good with the watermelon, basil lemonade I read about yesterday — they could be friends.
We go way back, rum and I. It’s always been my favorite spirit. It is very versatile, and it goes so well with basil. This punch sounds fantastic!