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Adapted from: Steven Raichlen via Food and Wine and Martha Stuart Ingredients:
Makes 10-12 sliders
For Sauce:
½ cucumber [2], peeled, seeded, and grated (3/4 cup)
½ cup plain yogurt
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
2 teaspoons fresh mint, chopped
1 small garlic [3] clove, minced
Salt and pepper
Mini burger buns
For Sliders:
1 ½ pounds ground lamb
1 small onion, minced
1 garlic clove, minced
3 tablespoons mint, finely chopped
3 tablespoons flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
Olive oil, for brushing
Toppings:
romaine lettuce leaves
thin tomato slices
paper-thin red onion slices
Preparation:
Make tzatziki:
- In a medium bowl, combine cucumber, yogurt, lemon juice, mint and garlic; season with salt and pepper. Cover, and refrigerate until ready to use.
Make Sliders:
- In a medium bowl, lightly knead the ground lamb with the onion, garlic, mint, parsley and 1 scant teaspoon each of salt and pepper.
- Shape the meat into 10-12 small patties about ½ inch thick, and transfer them to a plate lined with plastic wrap. Lightly brush the burgers with olive oil.
- Preheat grill. Brush the grate with olive oil.
- Grill the lamb burgers for about 6 minutes, turning once, for medium meat.
- Set the burgers on buns and top them with the lettuce, tomato, onion and a spoonful of tzatziki sauce.