Recipe of the Week – Morrocan Pinini
April 28, 2010 at 7:46 am Leave a comment
(From The Other Meat Entrée Category at www.emealsforyou.com)
Morrocan Pinini
My son is in town, the one who lives in NY and is a sound designer, to work on a musical at the Playhouse in the Park. This is great because we get to see him for an extended time and he gets to visit and still make some money. Matt keeps me appraised of the foods of NY and usually has had something in the city that he would like to have the recipe. (See Chocolate Macaroon Tarts) Seems he worked a high-powered meeting on Wall Street the other day and the lunch was a Moroccan Burger served as a panini.
Now most people would not relish the idea of trying to re-create a food they have not tasted, but I kind of like the challenge. Matt is very good at describing the flavors and I have a good imagination of what things will taste like by looking at the ingredients. To create the panini I use nan, a mid-eastern flat bread. Break the cooked burger up into pieces, add a roasted slice of tomato and some feta cheese. Fold the nan in half and place in a pinini press, I use a grill pan with my heavy cast iron frying pan placed on top. Grill until toasted on both sides and serve with dill pickles. I guess I will find out how well I did when he gets back tonight from setting the sound at the Playhouse or as we said growing up near Philly, “film at 11.”
Morrocan Burger
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 4 |
| Category: | The Other Meat Entrée |
| Meal: | N/A |
| 1 | Tb | oil, olive |
| 1 | Tb | onion, minced |
| 1 | Tb | garlic, chopped |
| 1 | lb | lamb, ground |
| 0.5 | tsp | cinnamon. ground |
| 0.25 | tsp | cumin, ground |
| 0.25 | tsp | coriander, ground |
| 0.25 | tsp | oregano, dried |
| 0.25 | tsp | allspice, ground |
| 0.25 | tsp | thyme, dried |
| 0.25 | tsp | paprika, sweet |
| 0.5 | tsp | mint, fresh, chopped |
| 1 | large | egg |
| 0.25 | tsp | pepper, hot flakes |
| 1 | pinch | salt and pepper to taste |
Heat oil in a small pan, sauté onion and garlic until just beginning to color. Remove from pan and allow to cool. Toast cinnamon, cumin, coriander, allspice and paprika in a hot pan just until you begin to smell them and a small wisp of smoke appears. Allow these to cool. In a large bowl mix all ingredients and form into 4, 1/4 lb patties. Grill or pan fry until cooked through.
Entry filed under: Dinners. Tags: feta cheese, lamb, lamb burger, Morrocan burger, Morrocan food, pinini, roasted red pepper, roasted tomato.
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