Maple Glazed Chipotle Goat Cheese Lamb Burgers

These juicy lamb burgers are filled with goat cheese, roasted garlic, fresh rosemary, chipotle chiles and glazed with maple syrup. Serve on ciabbatta bread with a side of oven roasted potato wedges with italian herbs and pesto aioli.

• Preparation Time: 40 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 5 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins
• Calories: 609 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 ½ teaspoons salt
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 tablespoons maple syrup
• 1 pound ground lamb
• 1 head garlic
• ½ teaspoon cracked black pepper
• 6 ounces soft goat cheese
• 6 tablespoons minced chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
• 2 sprigs chopped fresh rosemary
• 4 ciabatta buns, split and toasted

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Cut the top off of the head of garlic, and place onto a small, oven safe dish.

Step 2

Bake the garlic in the preheated oven until the cloves are soft and golden brown, about 1 hour. Remove from the oven, and cool. Once cool enough to handle, squeeze the roasted garlic into a mixing bowl. Add the lamb, goat cheese, chipotle peppers, rosemary, 2 tablespoons maple syrup, salt, and pepper; mix well. Form the mixture into 4 patties.

Step 3

Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Sear the lamb patties for 1 minute on each side, then reduce the heat to medium-low, and continue cooking to your desired degree of doneness, about 2 minutes per side for medium-well. About 1 minute before the patties are ready, pour in the remaining 2 tablespoons of maple syrup, and allow it to thicken and glaze the burgers. Serve on toasted ciabatta buns.