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Lamb, goat's cheese and fig burger served with fried green tomatoes

Maria Elia from Good Food Live
For a deliciously spicy take on a traditional burger try Maria Elia's sophisticated recipe, served on sourdough bread

Lamb, goat's cheese and fig burger served with fried green tomatoes

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 170°C/gas 3.

2. In a large bowl, mix together the lamb, red onion, dried fig, goat's cheese, allspice, sea salt, cinnamon, cumin, paprika and mint, mixing well.

3. Shape the mince mixture into 4 burgers.

4. Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a heavy-based frying pan until hot.

5. Add in the burgers and brown on each side.

6. Transfer the burgers to a roasting tray and bake in the oven for 5 minutes.

7. Meanwhile, mix together the cinnamon and sugar. Sprinkle the cinnamon mixture over each tomato slice and season with the salt.

8. Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a small frying pan. Add in the green tomato slices and fry for 20 seconds on each side, or until softened.

9. Drizzle the sourdough with the remaining olive oil and toast, preferably on a griddle pan.

10. Top 4 slices of toasted sourdough with aioli and rocket, then a lamb burger, fried tomato and fig. Top each burger with the remaining sourdough and serve at once.

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Serves: 4

Prep: 20 min
Cook: 15 min

Ingredients
400g lean minced lamb
100g red onion, finely chopped
40g dried figs, finely chopped
125g Goats cheese, crumbled
1 tsp ground allspice
2 tsp sea salt
3 tsp ground cumin, or cumin seeds
1/2 tsp Paprika
8 mint leaves, finely chopped
4 tbsp Olive oil
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp Sugar
1 large green tomatoes, sliced
1 tbsp Salt
8 slices of sourdough, or 4 sourdough rolls, halved
garlic mayonnaise, to serve
Rocket, to serve
2 fresh figs, sliced