Pop’s Big Keftah KaBob Burger

Pairs well with:

Zinfandel

Bright and full-bodied, this Zinfandel wine is a curious contradiction in tastes.

Ingredients

-1 pound ground round steak with nice marbling (ask butcher to grind twice)
-1/2 pound ground lamb-trimmed of most excess fat (ask butcher to grind twice)
-1 large yellow onion-either minced or finely chopped..(i like the slight crunch that a finely chopped onion gives)
-1 to 1-1/2 handsful of curly parsley-very finely chopped
-a couple of dashes of kosher salt
-a few good turns of fresh cracked pepper(on the "fine" setting")
-a couple of pinches of "allspice"
-extra pinch of allspice set aside
-extra half onion set aside
-4-6 tbsps of vegetable oil set aside
-8 oz of store bought hummus
-iceberg lettuce for garnish
-thin sliced cucumber for garnish
-6 sesame seed hamburger buns
-4-6 tbsps of olive oil
optional:
couple dashes of worcestshire sauce

 

Instructions

1. place all ingredients in a big mixing bowl, in the order listed above–EXCEPT FOR THE BURGER BUNS. 2. with clean hands, (yup–ya gotta mix with your hands–or else it won't taste right) mix all ingredients until everything is well incorporated. (if you like worcestershire sauce–add a couple of dashes AFTER you've mixed everything else together–then give it one last toss together) 3. Once everything is mixed, divide meat mixture into 6 equal sized balls. 4. Pat balls in the palms of your hands, into equal sized patties–then place on tray or plate-cover with foil and put in refrigerator to chill for at least 30 minutes. 5. Remove patties from fridge approx. 15 minutes before you're ready to grill, and set on counter–covered. 6. Once charcoal is medium high heat–(about half the redness gone from the briquettes) grease the grill rack with a bit of vegetable oil–poured into a little bowl, and sprinkled with allspice, (as much cinamnon as you might sprinkle on coffee). Take half of a peeled onion–stick a fork in the curved side, leaving the flat side exposed. Using the flat side of the onion as your brush, dip into the oil that you've sprinkled allspice on–and brush oil on the grill rack. (the smell is HEAVENLY) 7.. place burgers on grill and cook for approx 7 mins per side (for med rare)– but don't SMUSH the burgers!!! Just let them cook–and let the juices stay INSIDE. 8. After 14 or so minutes, you should be able to gently press the middle of a burger, and still feel some give in the meat. 9. Brush olive oil on the inside of your burger buns, and grill them for 1-2 minutes, until there's a bit of a crisp, and grill marks. 10. spread a couple of tsps of hummus on both top and bottom of bun. Slide the burger into the bun– 11. top with iceberg lettuce leave and a few thin slices of cucumber–and dig in!!! don't forget the napkins–you'll need them to wipe all the JUICE dripping down your chin!