Thursday, December 22, 2011

"Greek Burgers", a different but delicious recipe

Hello!

  Finally we are off work! It is time to enjoy and rest. Thank God! Yesterday evening my first thought was Not to cook.. Maybe some fast food could be better, I was thinking. And then I checked the calories online for the "junk in boxes" fast-eating-fast-building-extra-pounds..Was not good.
    And so I got into the kitchen to make some fast food my self!Only wasn't that fast, but was way much better, different, and unique! I made beef patties with coconut milk. sounds weird hah?
 Try it! It is Divine!!!

Here's what you need:

2 pounds of beef ( the best ground beef is not the lean, trust me!)

4 medium onions

2 eggs

2 cloves of fresh garlic

salt and pepper, 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda), wet and strain bread crumbs ( 1/2 cup)

1 beef bouillon cube (Maggi)

3-4 tablespoons fire roasted tomatoes ( the spice)

1 can of coconut milk

3 spoons of olive oil

3 spoons of pure butter ( clarified butter for cooking)

a kind of past you like

Cheese ( 1 cup)


In a pot combine 3 of the onions -well chopped - the 2 spoons of olive oil, 2 1/2 spoons of clarified butter, the bouillon cube mix and let it cook in low fire for 30 minutes , stir occasionally.Mix the beef mince with 1 well chopped onion, the garlic ( chopped), 1 1/2 spoon of the fire roasted tomatoes,  the rest of the olive oil ,eggs, salt and pepper, baking soda, the bread crumbs. Mix well with your hands and shape the patties into small long meatballs! Grease a grill pan with the rest of the butter and grill your patties up to 5 minutes each side in a high -medium fire. Pour into the pan with the patties the coconut milk, a cup of cheese, the rest of the fire roasted tomatoes. Let the burgers cook into the coco milk, turn them occasionally, and remove from fire when the sauce is thicker( is not getting too thick, don't worry).
 Meanwhile your onions are done, are sweet and are  ready to mix with your pasta (which I suppose you have prepare all ready), add some cheese, I used a strong smoked cheese on the pasta and couple of spoons of fresh spinach..

Serve the pasta with the patties on the side. You are not going to eat only once.. At least, I didn't..

Enjoy

Emmanuel~




1 comment:

  1. This sounds really great! I can't wait to try it.

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