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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Greek >> Greek

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. In a food processor, combine shallots garlic and mint leaves and pulse until very finely shopped. | 2. Combine beef and lamb on a cutting board until well mixed. Form into a large rectangle patty. | 3. layer on the mint shallots and garlic. | 4. Sprinkle on cinnamon allspice cumin, cayenne and salt and pepper and half the grated lemon zest. With your hands fold the large patty again and again until the meat has evenly incorporated all of the herbs and spices. Wrap and refrigerate over night. | 5. In a food processor, add the feta cheese, mayonnaise, cream cheese, olive oil, with the other half of the cayenne pepper and lemon zest. Process until smooth. Add chopped green onion and refrigerate over night. Bring to room temperature before serving. | 6. Form meat into 24 small patties around 1.25 ounces each. Brush each with a little canola oil on both sides and grill over medium heat 2-3 minutes per side. | 7. To serve, put one patty in 1/2 tortilla with one or two teaspoons of the Feta sauce and garnish with a half slice of tomato. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
lamb	1	lb	ground	1211.112	0.0	76.5677	97.9322
beef	1	lb	ground	898.1139999999999	0.0	88.0877	57.7424
shallot	1/2	cup	minced	57.6	13.44	2.0	0.08
garlic clove	1		minced	4.47	0.9918	0.1908	0.015
mint leaf	4	tablespoons	minced	-	-	-	-
cinnamon	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
allspice	1/2	teaspoon		2.4985	0.6851	0.0579	0.0826
kosher salt	2	teaspoons		-	-	-	-
black pepper	1	teaspoon		5.773	1.4708	0.239	0.075
cumin	1/2	teaspoon	ground	3.9375	0.4645	0.187	0.2338
cayenne pepper	1/4	teaspoon	divided	1.431	0.2548	0.054000000000000006	0.0777
lemon zest	4	teaspoons	grated divided	-	-	-	-
canola oil	2	teaspoons		79.56	0.0	0.0	9.0
feta cheese	4	ounces	crumbled	299.376	4.6381	16.1141	24.1315
cream cheese	4	ounces		334.53	3.969	8.0514	32.4324
mayonnaise	1/4	cup		209.38	0.0	0.2146	23.2
green onion	3	tablespoons	chopped	4.86	1.0332	0.1746	0.0846
extra virgin olive oil	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
tomato	2		halved sliced	124.1379	27.5262	6.4768	1.0795
flour tortilla	12		cut	-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.