Greek Stuffed Hamburgers w. Potato Wedges

This is an old recipe I had photographed last year after coming back from summerholidays in Santorini. I'm not sure it's an original recipe or what, but these stuffed hamburgers are delicious and ral simple to make. To accompany them, I made some potato wedges in the oven, a simple green salad, some flat bread and tzatziki. For the recipe for the latter click here.

Ingredients (4 people):

2-3 potatoes per person, skin on, washed carefully

Sea salt, dried basil, dried oregano, crushed garlic

600g ground beef

1 egg (per 4 people)

4-5 cloves of garlic

1 tsp dried oregano

1 tsp dried thyme

1 tsp dried mint

3 tbsp bread crumbs

Small handful of fresh parsley

Salt and freshly ground pepper

Greek feta cheese

Cut the potatoes into wedges, leaving the skin on as it adds extra flavour and vitamins. Spread them out on a baking tray on top of a baking sheet so they won't stick to the tray, sprinkle them with a bit of olive oil, salt, some basil and oregano. I also added the garlic before baking them, which turned out to be a mistake as the garlic started browning too fast and ended up burnt. So leave that for later. Mix them with your hands so everything is well distributed. Make sure they don't lie on top of eachother. Bake at 200ºC for 25 minutes, them turn them over individually, add the crushed garlic and bake for another 20 minutes or until crisp.

Use your fingers to mix the ground beef with the rest of the ingredients.

Oops, forgot to add the parsley.

Divide the mince into two, then each part into two again and each part finally into two small balls so you'll end up with 8 balls in total. Shape them into small balls. Place the first ball on top of cling film or baking paper. Then place another piece of film or paper on top. Squeeze the ball with the base of a heavy pot or pan until it's quite thin (about 1/2 cm). Strip back the top piece of paper/film and set aside. Repeat with the next ball. Place some thinly sliced or crumbled feta on top of one thin beef patty.

Place another thin patty on top. Squeeze the side together and repeat with the rest, so that the eight small balls become four stuffed hamburgers. Grill or fry as you would with normal hamburgers.

Serve with some salad (using the left over feta), tzatziki, and the potato wedges.