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Greek pitta burger with Greek beef patty

Recipe for a Greek pitta burger with a Greek-style beef patty, served with Greek-marinated vegetables.
Course Lunch, Main course
Cuisine Greek
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings 4 people

Ingredients

Greek beef patties

  • 500 g minced beef
  • 80 g feta, crumbled
  • 1 handful flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, grated or crushed
  • 1/2 chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • 1/2 tsp ground cumin
  • 1/2 tsp ground coriander
  • Salt and pepper
  • Oil for frying
  • 4 good-quality pitta breads

Marinated vegetables

  • 4 handfuls mixed salad leaves (such as a Napolitana mix) – or other salad leaves
  • 8 cherry tomatoes, sliced
  • 1 pepper, cut into strips – ideally 2 colours
  • 1 small red onion, sliced into rings
  • 2 spring onions, finely sliced
  • 1/4 cucumber, halved lengthways and sliced – deseeded if you like
  • 1 handful flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
  • 50 ml olive oil
  • 1 clove garlic, grated or crushed
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 2 tsp good dark balsamic vinegar
  • 1 1/2 tsp dried oregano
  • 1 tsp honey
  • 1/2-1 tsp Dijon mustard
  • Salt and pepper

Tzatziki

  • 400 g Greek yogurt
  • 1 large cucumber
  • 100 g feta – optional
  • 2-3 cloves garlic
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1-2 tbsp lemon juice
  • Salt and pepper

Instructions

Tzatziki

  • Coarsely grate the cucumber and squeeze out as much liquid as possible.
    Put the cucumber in a sieve, season with a little salt – roughly the amount you would add to the dressing anyway – and toss it with your hands. Leave the cucumber to drain for about 15 minutes, squeezing out more liquid a few times along the way.
  • Meanwhile, mix the ingredients for the dressing – stir the yogurt together with the crumbled feta, garlic, olive oil and lemon juice. Then fold in the cucumber and season the dressing with pepper and a little more salt if it needs it.
    Leave the tzatziki in the fridge until ready to serve.

Marinated vegetables

  • Mix the ingredients for the marinade and season with salt and pepper.
  • Add the pepper, red onion, cucumber, spring onions and flat-leaf parsley to the marinade and toss well.
  • Toss the tomato slices in the marinade too – they go at the bottom of your pitta burger, so keep them slightly separate from the rest.
    Just before serving, toss the salad leaves in the marinade as well – but not too early, or they will wilt too much.

Greek beef patties

  • Mix the ingredients for the patties, season with salt and pepper and stir well to combine.
  • Divide the mince into 4 equal pieces and shape them into patties.
  • Fry them in a little oil in a hot frying pan, or put them on the barbecue.
    At home we prefer them pink in the middle – but cook them to your liking.
  • Meanwhile, warm the pitta breads in the oven.

Greek pitta burger

  • Cut the pitta breads open along one side and spread the bottom with tzatziki.
  • Top with a good handful of marinated vegetables – mostly salad leaves, as far as possible – and lay the tomato slices on top.
  • Put the patty in the pitta and top with the rest of the marinated vegetables and tzatziki, and sprinkle with feta if you like.