Kiwiburger
 
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Reinventing the Kiwi classic burger - a firm family favourite in our house
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Recipe type: Main
Serves: 6-8
Ingredients
  • 500g beef mince
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 2 Tbsp fresh chopped parsley or other herbs
  • salt and pepper
  • OPT: 1 slice of mature cheddar cheese per burger
  • 2 red onion, cut into 8th's
  • 2-3 medium beetroot, peeled and cut into 2cm cubes
  • 2 small-medium sweet potato, skin on and scrubbed, cut into 2cm cubes
  • 1 large handful cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 1 large handful of mushroom, wiped and halved
  • 1 Tbsp coconut oil
  • 1 Tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp balsamic vinegar
  • 1 egg per person
  • salad greens, cabbage, spinach etc to serve
  • sauerkraut to serve
Method
  1. First prepare your burger patties
  2. In a large bowl combine the mince, chopped onion and crushed garlic, fresh herbs, salt and pepper.
  3. Mix with your hands, and then shape into the required number of burger patties.
  4. Place in the fridge to firm up.
  5. Turn the oven on to 180C to preheat while you prepare your red onion, beetroot, sweet potato, cherry tomatoes and mushrooms.
  6. Into one roasting dish or oven tray place the red onion, beetroot and cherry tomatoes and drizzle with olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
  7. In the other place the sweet potato/kumera and mushrooms along with the coconut oil.
  8. Place both in the pre-heated oven to cook, turning over occasionally and removing when they are done - around 20-25 mins.
  9. While they are cooking you can cook your meat patties.
  10. Heat up a frying pan/skillet to medium-high temperature, melt a little coconut oil in the pan and place you meat patties in.
  11. Brown on one side, then flip over, add the slice of cheese on top and cover till cooked through and the cheese has melted.
  12. Plate it all up with your salad greens going on first, topped with sweet potato, beetroot, mushroom, tomato and onion, a large scoop of sauerkraut, then your burger patties, and complete by with an egg on top.
Recipe by Bronwyn Hudson at https://www.bronwynhudson.com/reinventing-kiwiburger/