Turkish Lamb Burger with Tzatziki
However Tzatziki is often linked to the Greek kitchen it has firm roots from the turkish Ottoman empire. Next to the tzatziki the turkish style pickled carrots make this turkish lamb burger a refreshing tasteful experience! What are you waiting for?
Ingredients
- 4 Lamb Burgers
- 4 Burger Buns
Pickled Carrots
- 3 Carrots
- 1 Tbsp Honey
- 1 Tbsp Olive Oil
- 2 Tbsp Cider Vinegar
- 1 tsp cumin powder
- 1 tsp Paprika Powder
- 1 pinch salt
Tzatziki
- 125 gr Greek Yoghurt
- 1 cucumber
- 2 Tbsp Mint
- 1 Tbsp Olive oil
- Lemon juice at taste
- 1 pinch of Salt at taste
- Sumac at taste
Instructions
Pickled Carrots
- Make some thin slices of the carrot with a thin peeler.
- Mix all pickling ingredients and pour over the thinly sliced carrots. Put aside for an hour to pick up the flavours.
Tzatziki
- Grate 1 cucumber and squeeze out as much juice as possible.
- Snipper the fresh mint and mingle it with the yoghurt, grated cucumber, olive oil and lemon juice.
- Flavor with salt and sumac at taste. Add some extra ingredients if desired.
Grilling the burger
- Prepare your bbq for a direct session at medium to high heat (+- 200°C/400°F)
- Grease your grid and grill the burger (add smokewood when desired)
- Once the burger doesn't stick to the grid anymore it's time to flip! From now on you can flip it some more times for equal cooking.
- Grill till you get an internal temperature of 58°C/136°F
- Add some olive oil to the buns and grill them golden brown.
Composing the Burger
- Take the bottom part of the sandwich and put some carrots on top.
- Put the burger on top of the carrots and finish with Tzatziki.