Greek style mushroom blended burger
#BlendYourBurger 1st Runner Up Godfrey Matsepe shares his recipe.
Ingredients
2 x BIFTEKIA PATTIES
- 40 g Fresh Tomato
- 12 g Fresh Parsley
- 300 g Beef Mince
- 300 g Button Mushrooms
- 1 slice Stale White Bread
- 1/2 large Onion
- 3 ml Dry Oregano
- 1 ml Ground Cinnamon
- 1 ml Ground Cumin
- 12 ml Olive Oil
- 1 ml Baking Powder
- 1 ml Salt
Instructions
For the burgers
- Drench the slice of bread in water - put aside.
- Grate the tomato & finely chop the parsley - put aside.
- Roughly chop the mushrooms and flash fry – put aside.
- Fry onions in olive oil until soft – put aside.
- Add the cooked mushrooms, onion, bread, spices, herbs, baking powder, chopped tomato and parsley to the raw mince. Add seasoning to taste.
- Mix by hand ensuring ingredients are well distributed.
- Form the burger patty and refrigerate for 30 minutes.Grill or fry patty.
To serve
- Two toasted Sesame Seed buns.
- A side salad and zucchini fries.
- 2 x tablespoons of tzatziki to spoon over the patties.