Beef & Black Olive Burgers with Courgette Chips Recipe
Enjoy a hearty beef burger crafted from minced beef, mixed with chopped olives, crushed garlic, ground cumin, tomato paste, and fresh basil. Served on a crusty ciabatta roll with lettuce, fried onions, and tomato sauce, this burger is accompanied by oven-baked Parmesan zucchini fries and garlic mayo for dipping.
Ingredients
Chips
- black pepper (to taste)
- 90 grams bread crumbs
- 1 whole courgette
- 1 whole egg
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 10 grams parmesan or pecorino cheese
- salt (to taste)
- 20 grams plain flour
Burger
- 30 grams black olives
- black pepper (to taste)
- 2 rolls ciabatta rolls
- 3 sprig fresh basil
- 1 cloves garlic
- 0.5 tsp ground cumin
- 250 grams mince beef
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 whole onions
- salt (to taste)
- 0.75 tbsp tomato puree
- 5 grams lettuce
- 1 tbsp tomato sauce
garlic mayo
- 1 tbsp mayonnaise light
- 1 cloves garlic
- 30 ml sour cream
Instructions
- add the mince beef to a bowl, chop the olives and add to the bowl
- wash and tear the basil leaves, peel and crush the garlic using the garlic crusher or chop finely, add the garlic and basil to the mince meat
- add the cumin to the mince, add the tomato puree to the mince, season with salt and pepper, stir to mix the ingredients, take a large spoonful of the mixture and with damp hands shape the mixture into burgers, make a burger for each person.
- Cover in cling film and Place in the fridge to cool for 10 minutes, if your making extra for another day, place the extra burgers on a tray covered in cling film and place in the freezer to freeze
- set the oven to 190C 375F or gas mark 5, wash the courgettes chop into chip shapes
- place the flour on a plate, place the breadcrumbs on a plate, grate the parmesan onto the breadcrumb plate and mix the breadcrumbs and parmesan together with salt and pepper
- break the egg(s) into the shallow bowl and beat with a fork, season with salt and pepper
- pour half olive oil onto the baking tray and half into a cup, organise the breading ingredients into a row with the flour first , then the egg and finally the breadcrumbs.
- dip the courgette chip into the flour, then dip the courgette chip into egg, then dip the courgette chip into the breadcrumbs and parmesan coat the courgette chip fully, place the crumbed courgette chip onto the oiled baking tray and dab the courgette with oil from the cup using a pastry brush, repeat for each courgette chip. place in the oven, bake for 10 minutes turning once part way through cooking
- peel and crush the garlic using the garlic crusher or chop finely, add the garlic to the bowl, add the mayo and sour cream and stir, set a side
- Remove the burgers from the fridge and place in a frying pan with half the oil, heat the second frying pan, chop the onions into rings and fry in the second frying pan with the remaining oil
- cook the burgers for about 4 mins each side, cook the onions till soft
- switch the grill on, and cut the ciabatta rolls in half, lightly toast
- remove courgette chips from the oven
- add the lettuce to the roll, Lay the burger on top of the ciabatta roll, add the cooked onions, top with tomato sauce, serve with the parmesan chips, and the mayo on the side
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