Beef or Lamb Faggots

We might claim these meat faggots as the closest thing to a burger in Roman recipes. The meat of choice is pounded in a mortar with a pestle until a smooth paste is formed. This takes considerable time and effort and it has to be admitted that the work is done in a fraction of the time in a food processor. Once the faggots have been made they can be oven baked, grilled or even barbecued as the original recipe suggests. The flavour of the myrtle berries is interesting, rather flowery and une