NZ Venison burger with healthy hidden vegetables
Ingredients
4 people
One of the ways to get vegetables into the kids is to hide them. Here we finely grate zucchini and mix it into the venison patty. NZ venison is a very lean and healthy red meat so the zucchini, with its slightly nutty flavour really matches well and adds moisture to the burger.
For the venison patty:
700 g Minced venison
1 smallish zucchini very finely grated
2 tablespoons of chopped parsley leaves
1 shallot finely diced
1 clove of garlic finely diced or minced
1 tbsp of ginger minced or finely diced
½ tbsp of salt
1 tsp of cracked pepper
3 tbsp of bread crumbs
Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl and then form into 4 equal sized patties. Pan fry the patties for a couple of minutes each side. Serve immediately on the toasted brioche with the sauces, salad and sliced tomato.
For the burger:
4 brioche buns, toasted
A salad mix with sprouts, mixed leaf
Thin ribbons of cucumber
Cornichons thinly sliced
2 tomatoes thinly sliced
Your favourite sauces, mayo, chutney, ketchup, bbq sauce, whatever you fancy!
Sides like sweet potato fries, coleslaw or wedges.
Enjoy your meal!
Recipe by NZ chef @shannonon.campbell
