Greek burger with couscous

“The start of the movie”. In this case we are talking about this bad boy, the Greek beef burger. This burger is not for the shy ones amongst us, because you need two hands and some love for the beef to shape this 200 gram unit. 

What do you need? 2 to 3 servings
  • 300 gr ground beef

  • 1/2 red onion

  • 1 egg

  • 20 gr bread-crumbs

  • 50 gr spinach

  • 5 gr herbes de provence

  • 75 gr feta cheese

Pearl couscous salad
  • 200 grams of pearl couscous

  • 30 ml olive oil

  • 1/2 cucumber

  • 1 yellow or red pepper

  • 1/2 red onion

  • 2 tablespoons of black olive slices

  • few sprigs of fresh dill or mint

  • 2 teaspoons ras el hanout

  • 1 teaspoon of cinnamon powder

tzatziki
  • 1/2 cucumber

  • 3 tablespoons of Greek yogurt or low-fat cottage cheese

  • few sprigs of fresh dill or mint

    • optional: 1 clove of garlic

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How do you make this?

  1. Cook the pearl couscous according to the directions of the packaging, drain and rinse with cold water. Drain and put the pearl couscous in a large bowl with olive oil and toss.

  2. In the meantime, cut the remaining ingredients for the salad. The pepper, half a cucumber and tomatoes can all be cut into cubes of about 1.5 cm. Cut half a red onion into rings. Coarsely chop the dill or mint leaves.

  3. Finish the pearl couscous salad by adding all the ingredients for the salad. Add some olive oil and season with salt and pepper.

  4. Chop half a red onion and put it in a bowl together with ground beef, egg, breadcrumbs, herbes de provence and a good pinch of salt.

  5. Mix everything well with your hands. Add the spinach and coarsely crumble the feta over the meat. Mix this carefully through the meat, so that you retain the coarse pieces of feta.

  6. Fry the burgers in a pan in some oil or butter for about 4 to 5 minutes on each side over medium heat.

  7. While the burgers are in the pan, make the tzatziki. Cut the other half of the cucumber lengthwise and remove the seeds with a spoon. Grate the cucumber and put it in a bowl. Add the Greek yogurt and finely chop the mint / dill and add it. Stir everything together and your tzatziki is ready.

  8. First putting the pearl couscous salad on the plate, then the burger and finally a spoon of tzatziki.

Enjoy!