I did not win the Woolworths soup competition even though I thought the recipe was amazing. Laura at Woolworths tells me it may be because it is too similar to what they already have on the shelf. I chose to make a beef short rib and carrot soup and not only did it taste good, it looked great in the soup packaging. I am hoping that these lamb burgers are a better entry (read winning) as this time I did a bit more in store research. Our local Woolworths in Somerset West only stocks beef burgers and ostrich burgers. We have been told in the competition brief that there are also boerewors (sausage) burgers but I have never seen them. I love lamb and so chose leg as the cut of meat I would use to make a burger patty. As this is a Woolworths competition, I have only used ingredients sourced from my local store. However, they are common ingredients and should be readily available around the world.
Lamb Burgers
Ingredients
- 500 g leg of lamb, off the bone, cubed
- 1 onion, peeled
- 15 mls lemon infused olive oil
- 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
- 1 cm fresh root ginger, peeled and finely chopped
- 5 mls cumin seeds
- 1 egg
- 15 g fresh coriander, chopped
- 3 anchovies, chopped
- salt and freshly ground black pepper to season
- 15 mls olive oil
Method
- using meat grinder, grind half of the lamb with a coarse blade, and the other half with a fine blade
- push through a quarter of the onion to make sure all the meat is out the grinder
- finely chop the rest of the onion
- heat the lemon infused olive oil in a pan and sauté the onion, garlic and ginger until soft
- add the cumin seeds and as soon as you can smell the aroma, turn the stove off and allow to cool
- once the onions mix has cooled, add to the meat
- add the egg, the coriander and the anchovies and mix well
- season to suit your palate and shape into 6 x 100g patties
- heat the olive oil in a pan and cook the patties over a low heat, ensuring they are done to your liking all the way through
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I have a meat grinder attachment for my KitchenAid Artisan Stand Mixer. It is something that I could not do without as I like to know what goes into my burger patties and sausages. My mother has an old fashioned meat grinder but they are not easy to use. If you do not have a meat grinder, ask your butcher to grind the meat for you. In France this is commonplace and is done with no problem.
Yum! Lamb burgers sound tasty!
they were great, and they freeze well 🙂
With the price of lamb at the moment (my sister in-law paid R358.00 for a leg of lamb from Woolies), I wont be making these burgers any time soon 🙁
that is way over the top!
With the price of legs of lamb, not sure I could bring myself to use it for burgers – I wonder if another cut would work as well? I love that you added anchovies – they must have added such wonderful flavour.
Have a super day.
🙂 Mandy xo
I am sure it will work well with any cut, as long as it is not too fatty!
I love all the Woolies competitions – one day I shall enter – I will put Jessica on a bun… haha 🙂 She is so edibly cute!
Lovely burgers – sounds like a winner to me!
that would be a cute burger 🙂
Interesting, the anchovy addition is fab 🙂
just for you xxx
Well, when those Murphy’s are in the freezer I am sure there will be a few lamb cuts I can use for these perfect little burgers.. Good luck with the competition.. c
what a great way to make use of all the bits of the lamb 🙂
good luck! this sounds like a winner to me! I like your combination of flavors and the use of the lemon oil and anchovies give this a very Mediterranean feel.
thanks, I think most of my food has that bent as I love the region 🙂
Good luck with the competition…they sound like a winner to me.
thanks! The prize is a whopping R50 000 which would mean a HUGE shopping spree 🙂
Ostrich burgers? Oooh, I’m curious…
Good luck with your lamb though!
Thanks! I have not tried the ostrich burgers yet 🙂
Love lamb and bet these would be so tasty – good luck to you with the competition!
thanks, I also love lamb but am going to try another ‘flavour’ burger as lamb is expensive here 🙂
Now I’M REALLY hungry…
would send some over if I could!
They do sound good. I hope you win. I do whole leg of lamb with garlic, anchovies and rosemary. It’s an astonishingly good combination.
Like the new look, btw. 🙂
that is the same way I do it! It just seems to work so well 🙂
Tandy, I love that you put anchovies into your lamb burger! I’d put anchovies into just about anything savoury if the family would let me! Love the new look too! 🙂
thanks Celia! I like anchovies as they add such a depth of flavour, and they melt away to almost nothing when cooked 🙂
anchovies in lamb burgers, sounds very interesting
I always use anchovies with my leg of lamb so thought it would work well together here as well 🙂
Good luck,Tandy
I think they may be too expensive but thanks!