Maple Glazed Chipotle Goat Cheese Lamb Burgers

Ingredients

• 6 tablespoons chipotle peppers in adobo sauce minced
• 4  ciabatta buns split toasted
• 2 sprigs rosemary fresh chopped
• 1 head garlic 
• 6 ounces goat cheese soft
• 1 pound lamb 
• 2 tablespoons maple syrup 
• 1 tablespoon olive oil 
• 0.5 teaspoon cracked pepper black
• 1.5 teaspoons salt 

Equipment

• frying pan
• oven
• mixing bowl

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
2. Cut the top off of the head of garlic, and place onto a small, oven safe dish.
3. Bake the garlic in the preheated oven until the cloves are soft and golden brown, about 1 hour.
4. Remove from the oven, and cool. Once cool enough to handle, squeeze the roasted garlic into a mixing bowl.
5. Add the lamb, goat cheese, chipotle peppers, rosemary, 2 tablespoons maple syrup, salt, and pepper; mix well. Form the mixture into 4 patties.
6. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Sear the lamb patties for 1 minute on each side, then reduce the heat to medium-low, and continue cooking to your desired degree of doneness, about 2 minutes per side for medium-well. About 1 minute before the patties are ready, pour in the remaining 2 tablespoons of maple syrup, and allow it to thicken and glaze the burgers.
7. Serve on toasted ciabatta buns.