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Lamb burgers!!

July 4, 2013 by Mary Frances 10 Comments

Grilled lamb burger on a bun with lettuce, tomato and red onion on a brown plate.

This is my favorite kind of burger. Lamb. What’s yours?

We have a local farm here upstate, called Herondale Farm, where they sell the most fabulous lamb. It is all from free range, grass fed, organic, happy animals. It is so flavorful and delicious, that all you really need is some salt and pepper. It was started by a former Wall Street guy who made a lot of money in the 90’s and then wanted to get back to the earth. All of his meats are fantastic. They are also expensive. The ground lamb comes in at around $10.00 a pound. But because the meat is so flavorful, you do not need a lot to eat to be satisfied. One pound makes three good burgers.

THE BEST LAMB BURGERS – serves 3

1 lb. of ground lamb
Coarse salt or French grey salt
Fresh ground pepper

With any meat, take it out of the refrigerator early, before grilling. As my friend Christine, at Herondale Farms said, you NEVER want to throw a cold slab of meat on the grill as it will not cook properly. Think of it, it would be shocking to the meat!

I believe the secret to a great burger is to salt and pepper it lightly, mix and handle it very little, to form three patties. Then salt and pepper the outside, using coarse salt or preferably French grey salt. Grill to your desired doneness. We like medium rare.Chopped basil and thyme, hearty rolls and sliced and quartered tomatoes on wooden cutting boards.

It is also key to have some great rolls or bread to put this on. Toast the rolls on the grill or in your toaster. We dressed this burger with mayo and Dijon mustard, one slice of red onion, one slice of tomato and some leaf lettuce from my garden. It was heavenly!!Mixed leaf lettuces with tomatoes in a serving bowl with African wooden serving spoons.

Serve this with a side salad of mixed leaf lettuces and tomatoes, sprinkled with some sliced scallions, chopped fresh thyme and basil and dressed with a sherry vinaigrette.

So simple, so quick and so very, very delicious.

Now go and enjoy the fireworks! Happy 4th!!

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Filed Under: Dinner, Meat, Salads Tagged With: chopped basil, chopped thyme, free range organic lamb, French grey salt, ground lamb, Herondale Farms, lamb burgers, leaf lettuce

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  1. Lauren Gilbert says

    July 4, 2013 at 1:43 PM

    Lamb burgers on the grill are wonderful!

    Reply
    • Mary Frances says

      July 4, 2013 at 4:14 PM

      Yep!! My fave!

      Reply
  2. cookinginsens says

    July 5, 2013 at 10:46 AM

    So good! I love lamb burgers.

    Reply
    • Mary Frances says

      July 6, 2013 at 12:27 AM

      🙂 🙂 🙂

      Reply
  3. Alex Suarez says

    July 5, 2013 at 10:30 PM

    Superb!

    Reply
    • Mary Frances says

      July 6, 2013 at 12:28 AM

      Thanks! 🙂

      Reply
  4. yummychunklet says

    July 7, 2013 at 10:42 AM

    Perfect for the fourth!

    Reply
    • Mary Frances says

      July 7, 2013 at 7:00 PM

      Definitely!!

      Reply
  5. Francesca says

    July 9, 2013 at 4:04 PM

    looks great! new do too?

    Reply
    • Mary Frances says

      July 11, 2013 at 10:53 PM

      Yes! I’m not sure I like this do too much – too many bad hair days!

      Reply

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