The recipe for Rose burgers comes from my armenian great-grandmother, Rose Solokian, who escaped the Armenian genocide in the early 1900’s and found her way to USA. We also more commonly call these Nama burgers because nama is what our family traditionally calls our grandmother, though I’m not quite sure if this was a regional word for the Solokians or if it slipped into our family vernacular because of the travels of our Armenian ancestors.

Mixing Patties Patties

Ingredients

  • 1 lb (~500g) 90% lean ground beef
  • 1 lb (~500g) 85% lean ground beef
  • 6 oz tomato paste (or 200g Tomatenmark)
  • 2 bunches parsley
  • 5 large cloves garlic
  • ½ tsp allspice
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Can be doubled as necessary. Meat can be substituted with a vegan soy-based meat alternative, and still tastes great!

Instructions

  1. Mix together.
  2. Make patties and keep in the refrigerator until ready to cook.
  3. Only turn once on the grill.