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| Mediterranean Beef Burgers |
Dafni normally makes burgers a little different to this, and at some point we will post how she makes them.
Today, however, we decided to follow the recipe in the Hairy Dieters book (as in a book of low calorie recipes from the Hairy Bikers)
The TV series and consequently the accompanying book makes use of little tricks to make food taste good but contain fewer calories such as using stronger tasting cheese so you don't need so much, or in the case of the burgers adding more ingredients to the burger to reduce the amount of calories per serving.
The actual recipe in the book is to make burgers in ciabatta rolls with salad and mozzarella. We, however have opted just to make the burgers and add our own accompanying sides.
We have also made double the quantity than the book says and are freezing some.
Anyway, enough waffling, onto the recipe!
Today, however, we decided to follow the recipe in the Hairy Dieters book (as in a book of low calorie recipes from the Hairy Bikers)
The TV series and consequently the accompanying book makes use of little tricks to make food taste good but contain fewer calories such as using stronger tasting cheese so you don't need so much, or in the case of the burgers adding more ingredients to the burger to reduce the amount of calories per serving.
The actual recipe in the book is to make burgers in ciabatta rolls with salad and mozzarella. We, however have opted just to make the burgers and add our own accompanying sides.
We have also made double the quantity than the book says and are freezing some.
Anyway, enough waffling, onto the recipe!
Ingredients
- 2 courgettes
- 2 medium onions (we used 1 large one)
- 800g of extra lean beef steak mince
- 4 garlic cloves (crushed)
- 1 teaspoon of oregano (we used dried)
- 1 teaspoon of basil (we had some fresh)
- 1 tablespoon of tomato puree
Made 14 burgers
Method
- Trim the end(s) off of the courgettes and grate them, if using a hand grater its worth leaving the end that joins the courgette to the plan on as it provides a good handle as you get to the end of the courgette. Add the grated courgette to a bowl.
- Peel the onion(s) and grate them too. Add the grated onion to the bowl.
Grated courgette and onion in a bowl - Add the minced beef, garlic, oregano, basil, tomato puree and a little salt and pepper to the bowl.
- With clean hands mix the ingredients, it works well if you squish it through your fingers in the bowl.
All the ingredients mixed - Once thoroughly mixed take hand fulls of the mix and shape them into the size (and thickness) of the palm of your hand (imagine, if it's not too gruesome, the size and shape of your hand if you cut it off your arm and cut your fingers and thumbs off, this is a good portion size for meat for a meal)
The palm sized/shaped burger - If freezing wrap them in baking paper and put in an airtight container and freeze.
- If cooking immediately brush some oil over a frying pan and place over a low heat
- Fry the burgers for about 10 minutes or until browned and cooked through, turning half way through cooking.
Fry the burgers until brown and cooked through - For the dish showed in the picture with sweet potato and normal chips view the chip post and serve with salad.
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