Lamba-hamborgarar

Lamb hamburger

Hamburgers have long been an integral part of everyday Icelandic cuisine. In this recipe I have combined a lot of typically Icelandic ingredients into a really delicious burger: fresh minced lamb, skyrnaise (mayonnaise with skyr, so to speak), rhubarb jam and (cold) red cabbage simply speak perfectly together! Plus the red onions and blue cheese... oh yes, I love it! Eg elska það!


Ingredients for 4 persons

500 g minced lamb
1 egg
2 Tbsp breadcrumbs
1/2 red onion
1 tsp dried parsley
1/2 tsp coarse sea salt
1 pinch of black pepper

2 Tbsp oil

4 burger buns

4 lettuce leaves

8 Tbsp skyrnaise
1 Tbsp rhubarb jam

1 red onion
1 Tbsp rhubarb jam

4 thin slices of blue cheese

2 Tbsp red cabbage


Preparation

Preheat the oven to 250 °F (120 °C) upper/lower heat.

Peel and chop half the onion for the hamburgers.

Then put the chopped onion with the other ingredients for the hamburgers in a tall mixing vessel and process thoroughly into a smooth mixture.

Form the patties with your hands.

Heat the oil in a large pan.

Then fry the patties in the hot oil for about 3 minutes on each side until they have become crispy and brown.

Cut the blue cheese into thin slices.

Then place the fried meat patties in an ovenproof dish and top each with a slice of blue cheese...

...and cook in the preheated oven for another 5 minutes until the cheese has melted nicely.

Mix the skyrnaise with a tablespoon of rhubarb jam.

Peel the second onion, halve it and cut it into thin strips.

Then fry the onion in the pan used, mix with another spoonful of rhubarb jam and remove from the heat.

Now put the hamburgers together:

First place the bottom half of the hamburger bun on the plate.

Place the lettuce leaf on the bun, spread with a dollop of skyrnaise and place the patty on top.

Spread with the second dollop of skyrnaise and place the onions on top.

Finally top with the red cabbage...

...place the top half of the burger bun on top and serve with fries/baked potato wedges and rhubarb skyrnaise if you like.

Bon appetit!

[Translated from here.]