Yesterday, our first piece of mail came to us all the way from New Zealand! It was paper work from the University of Auckland regarding Mark's scholarship - of which I am VERY proud! It's a little blurry as I was so excited taking the photo -but you can clearly see it is from the University of Auckland!!!
This inspired us to FINALLY go out, buy some lamb, learn how to cook it, and most importantly - TASTE IT! Lamb in New Zealand is like chicken in Canada - it's what everyone eats a few times a week, the "go-to" meat, the chicken of the pasture if you will.
Mark and I decided to try ground lamb on recommendation as it was closer in texture to ground beef - a meat that Mark and I already consume. I decided to make lamb burgers with our ground lamb as again, it would be very similar to foods we already eat so presentation would not bias our taste.
I mixed up the lamb just like ground beef - similar spices (garlic, onion, pepper), bread crumbs, egg - and made it into patties which I then fried. They don't look too much different from your plain old Canadian burgers (see photo below). Their taste is another thing, even with the garlic and onion you knew you were not eating pork, beef or chicken but not in a bad way. We both decided we liked the lamb, and are excited to taste New Zealand lamb this fall.
Our next challenge will be roasting rack of lamb or shoulder of lamb.
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| Our lamb burgers before they met our buns and condiments |
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