Mini cheeseburgers with meatballs and goat cheese – a detailed recipe Recipe by Andrew Carmellini 
The photodishes: Joseph Deleo Time: 1 hour. 10 min. Difficulty: medium Quantity: 24 mini-hamburgers. Recipes use measured capacity: 1 cup (tbsp.) – 240 ml. 3/4 cup (st.) – 180 ml 1/2 cup (tbsp.) – 120 ml. 1/3 cup (st.) – 80 ml. 1/4 cups (st.) – 60 ml. 1 tablespoon (tbsp.) – 15 ml. 1 teahouse spoon (tsp) – 5 ml.
Contents
Ingredients for the recipe:
Meatballs
- 3 tbsp. l olive oil
- 1/2 tbsp. diced onions
- 1 clove of garlic, chop finely
- 1/2 tsp ground coriander
- 1 tsp fennel seed, grind
- 1 tbsp. l chopped fresh rosemary
- 60 gr soft goat cheese (1/4 tbsp.)
- 600 – 700 gr. minced meat
- 1/2 tbsp. breadcrumbs
- 2 large eggs
- Coarse salt
Sauce
- 1/4 Art. olive oil
- 1 medium onion, cut into cubes
- 800 gr. pickled cherry tomatoes with marinade, knead hands with tomatoes
- 1/4 tsp dried pepper flakes
- Coarse salt
- 1/2 tsp Sahara
- 1/2 tsp dried oregano
Mini Cheeseburgers
- 220 gr. soft goat cheese (1 tbsp.)
- 2.5 tbsp. l mascarpone cheese
- 1.5 tbsp. l cow’s milk
- 1/8 tsp dried oregano
- 1/4 tsp chopped fresh rosemary
- 1/4 tsp chopped fresh thyme
- 1/4 tsp chopped fresh dill
- Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
- 24 small hamburger buns
- Pickled sliced cucumbers for serving
Recipes with similar ingredients: onions, garlic, coriander, fennel seeds, rosemary, goat cheese, veal minced, breading crackers, eggs, cherry tomatoes, red pepper flakes, oregano, cheese mascarpone, milk, thyme, dill, hamburger buns
Recipe preparation:
- Cook the meatballs: heat the olive in a pan butter. Add onion and fry until soft, 3 min. Add garlic and cook, stirring constantly, for another 1 min.
- Add coriander, fennel seeds and rosemary to the pan; fry for 1 min. Transfer the mixture to a large bowl and cool to room temperature.
- Meanwhile, roll from goat cheese balls with a diameter of 12 – 15 mm
- Add minced meat, breadcrumbs, eggs and 1/2 tsp salt, mix. Form from minced meat 24 small flat cakes (approximately 2 tbsp. minced meat). Make in each a small depression and place in the center 1 ball of goat cheese. Press the minced meat to the cheese and roll into balls.
- Prepare the sauce: heat in a pan with a thick bottom olive oil. Add onions and cook for 1 min. Add tomatoes with marinade, pepper flakes, 1/2 tsp salt and sugar. Cook the sauce until thickened, about 10 min Add oregano.
- Place the meatballs in the saucepan. Reduce temperature to low, and simmer with the lid on until cooked, about 10 minutes
- Collect cheeseburgers: mix goat cheese in a bowl, mascarpone and milk until smooth. Stir in oregano rosemary, thyme, dill, 1/4 teaspoon salt and a pinch of pepper. To spread lower halves of buns with cheese mixture, put marinated on top cucumbers, meatballs and pour over the remaining sauce. Cover cheeseburgers upper halves of buns.
