Moroccan Lamb Burgers with Tomatoes, Houmous and Pitta

Serves 4
Ready in 35 minutes

Spice up your barbecue with some North African know how.

 Ingredients

800g lean lamb mince
Small bunch spring onions, trimmed and finely chopped
1 tsp smoked paprika
11/2 tsp coriander seeds, roughly crushed (if you can’t get seeds, use 1/2 tsp ground coriander)
4 pitta breads
8 ripe plum tomatoes, sliced
2 shallots, finely sliced into rings
Small tub good-quality houmous
Fresh mint leaves, to garnish

Method

Put the mince into a large bowl. Add the spring onions, paprika and coriander and season well. Mix together using your hands, then shape into 12 mini burgers. Pop on to a large plate, cover and set aside.

Preheat a griddle pan over a high heat. Toast the pitta on the griddle until golden on each side, sprinkle with sea salt and set aside to cool. Cook burgers in 2 batches on the hot griddle for about 5 minutes, turning once, until golden all over yet a little pink in the middle. Set aside.

Divide the tomatoes and shallots between 4 plates and season. Thread 3 burgers on to a wooden skewer and rest 1 on each tomato salad. Serve with a generous dollop of houmous, a toasted pitta and a few mint leaves scattered over.

Nutritional info

Per serving: 602kcals, 22g fat (8.5g saturated), 51g protein, 53g carbs, 8.2g sugar, 1.8g salt

Delicious Magazine By Kate Belcher