Opa! Burgers - (winning Alternative Burger)

Name: Opa! Burgers - (winning Alternative Burger)
Prep time: 55 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 237 milliliters loosely packed baby spinach leaves; 1 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 14 grams dried porcini mushrooms; 227 grams goat feta cheese, crumbled; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 907 grams ground lamb; 118 milliliters chopped kalamata olives; 118 milliliters mayonnaise; 6 servings Extra-virgin olive oil, for brushing grill rack (recommended: Colavita); 1 teaspoons dried oregano; 0 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes; 59 milliliters roasted red peppers, chopped; 2 teaspoons salt; 237 milliliters Shiraz (recommended: Sutter Home); 12 slices 12 thin slices sopressata, Italian salami variety; 6 Italian-style bolo rolls or other rustic buns, split; 6 larges tomato slices

Opa! Burgers - (winning Alternative Burger) might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 6. This recipe covers 32% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 1090 calories, 41g of protein, and 82g of fat. A mixture of baby spinach leaves, goat feta cheese, bolo rolls, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. To use up the tomato you could follow this main course with the Pink Peony Popcorn Balls as a dessert. This recipe is typical of American cuisine.

Instructions

Prepare a medium-hot fire in a charcoal grill with a cover, or preheat a gas grill to medium-high.

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Grill

Combine the mayonnaise and roasted peppers in a small bowl and mix well. Cover and chill until ready to use.

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Mayonnaise

Peppers

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Bowl

In a separate small bowl, mash the cheese with a fork. Stir in the olives; set aside.

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Cheese

Olives

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Pour the wine into a small, heavy fire-proof saucepan and heat on the grill until the wine begins to simmer.

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Wine

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Grill

Remove from the heat and add the dried mushrooms, stirring with a fork to ensure that all the mushrooms are moistened. Set the mushrooms aside to reconstitute for at least 30 minutes.

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Mushrooms

Gently squeeze the excess liquid from the reconstituted mushrooms and chop, using a chef's knife.

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Mushrooms

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Transfer to a large bowl.

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Bowl

Add the lamb, garlic, oregano, red pepper flakes, salt, and pepper. Form into 6 equal patties in the shape of the rolls.

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Oregano

Garlic

Pepper

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Lamb

Salt

When the grill is ready, brush the grill rack with oil.

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Grill

Place the patties on the grill, cover, and cook for 4 minutes. With a spatula, turn the patties over, and cook an additional 4 minutes, or until done to preference. During the last few minutes of grilling, place the rolls, cut side down, on outer edges of grill to lightly toast.

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Roll

Toast