You will love these ground lamb burgers with feta and olives served with grilled zucchini and a green salad. Nutritious lamb meat takes on Greek flavours and results in succulent, juicy burger patties that you can pan-fry or grill on a barbecue. This recipe is gluten-free, low-carb and keto-friendly.
Ingredients
For the burgers
- 800 g ground lamb 1.5-1.7 lbs. mince, good quality
- 1 medium onion finely diced
- 2 cloves garlic grated or finely diced
- 2 tablespoons tomato purée or paste
- 2/3 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 cup feta cheese goat's, sheep's or regular milk, roughly crumbled
- 20 black olives without the pits such as Spanish olives, roughly sliced or diced
- 1-2 tablespoons olive oil for cooking
For the grilled zucchini
- 4 medium zucchinis sliced into thin strips
- Sea salt
- 1-2 tablespoons olive oil for cooking
For the salad (what I used)
- 4 cups cos lettuce or iceberg, shredded
- 1/4 cup sun-dried tomatoes or semi-dried tomatoes, diced
- A dill pickle sliced (or a few gherkins)
- Juice of 1/3 lemon
- 1/4 cup sauerkraut optional
Instructions
- Combine ground lamb mince with onion, garlic, tomato paste, salt and pepper in a large mixing bowl. Use your hands to squeeze the mixture together to make sure all ingredients are well integrated.
- Then add half of the feta and olives and fold through the mixture using your hands. Finally, add the other half of the feta and olives and fold through carefully this time so that some of the feta crumbs stay intact.
- Using clean, wet hands, mould the mixture into 8 round burger patties (about 1/2-2/3 cup of the mixture per burger) and flatten them slightly. Set aside on a cutting board or a plate.
- Heat a dollop of oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Once hot, add the burger patties and cook for 5 minutes on each side over medium-high heat.
- In the meantime, cook the zucchini in a separate frying pan over medium-high heat. You can use a little olive oil, coconut oil, ghee or butter to cook the zucchini. I grilled mine for about 1-2 minutes on each side or until grill marks appeared. Sprinkle lightly with sea salt and set aside.
- Mix together a salad of choice and serve on four plates. Then, add two burger patties per serve (more if you wish) with the grilled zucchini in between and over the top. Serve with a side of mustard or your favourite condiment, although you might not feel like any.
Notes
You can use any type of olives in this recipe, but keep in mind that some are stronger and saltier in flavour so you might need to adjust the salt. Goat's and sheep's milk feta can be replaced with regular feta or omitted altogether.
Not a fan of lamb? Ground beef, chicken or pork work just as well in this recipe.
Nutrition
Calories: 782kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 41g | Fat: 62g | Saturated Fat: 24g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 28g | Cholesterol: 163mg | Sodium: 1121mg | Potassium: 1427mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 4748IU | Vitamin C: 44mg | Calcium: 204mg | Iron: 6mg
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