Stuffed Greek Burger

Kay, I love a good burger, like LOVE a good burger, and I love greek food, and cheese, and burgers…  oh wait, I think I said that already.  ANYWAY, when we decided to get away for the weekend with my sister and her family we decided to make hot dogs for the kiddo’s and decided to create Stuffed Greek Burgers for ourselves – they turned out BETTER than I expected, seriously SO good!

Three meats create a perfectly moist burger that comes together wonderfully.  I added the same spices I use to make gyros for a great greek base.  Then comes the fun, the FILLING!!! what to go with… Kalamata olives and feta were obvious choices.  I added grilled onions, spinach and goats cheese as well, SOOOO good! Then top with my Tzatziki sauce, thinly sliced red onion, tomato and some kind of lettuce (I like romaine or spinach).

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Stuffed Greek Burger

Course: dinner

Cuisine: American, Greek

Servings: 5 hamburgers

Author: Ashlee Marie

Ingredients

Patties

• 1 lbs ground beef
• 1 lbs ground lamb
• 1 lbs ground pork
• 1 Tbsp minced garlic
• 2 tsp dried marjoram
• 1 Tbsp dried rosemary
• 1 tsp kosher salt
• 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
• 1 Tbsp worcester sauce

Filling

• 6 oz feta
• 6 oz goat cheese
• 1/2 C chopped spinach
• 1/2 C grilled onions
• 10 Kalamata olives chopped

Toppings

• tzatziki sauce
• Tomato
• Red onions
• Lettuce
• Buns

Instructions

1. Mix the ground meat until it's well incorporated
2. add all the patty spices and mix some more
3. Flatten out into 4 large flat patties (about 5-6 inches wide) and 4 smaller patties (about 3-4 inches wide)
4. Mix the fillings
5. Spread the filling about 1/4 inch thick onto the center of the large patties, leaving 1/2 inch edge.
6. Place the smaller patties on top and bring up the sides of the larger patty, pinching it closed.
7. Grill or cook the patties until they are cooked through
8. Cover with the toppings, serve and enjoy

My Brother in law made his burger with the lettuce on the bottom bun, so the tatziki sauce wouldn’t make the bun soggy, I have to admit it was a good trick!  Next time I’ll get a picture without the tzatziki sauce on the burger, cause it just merged with the filling as it oozed out and it’s hard to see, but MAN was it tasty! I can’t wait to make them again!

What is YOUR favorite burger flavor/style? I need more!