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Olive Burger

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I came across this recipe in George Motz’s great American burger book and simply had to try it. It might sound surprising at first but boy is it tasty. The creamy and briny olive salad makes the perfect topping to your burger patty, adding just the right amount of salt and chew. It is now a recurrent burger topping in our household.

Recipe

Serves: 2 to 3 loaded burgers | Time: <20 min (plus 2h optional rest time for the olive salad)

Ingredients

  • 2 to 3 burger buns
  • 500g beef mince
  • Oil
  • Salt
  • 3/4 mayonnaise
  • 1 tbsp white vinegar
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 tsp brine from olive jar
  • 1 cup (155g) pitted, pimento-stuffed, green olives, coarsely chopped

Method

  1. Coarsely chop the olives (keep some decent chunks, do not fully mince them).
  2. In a bowl mix: 3/4 cup mayo, 1 tbsp white vinegar, 1 tsp sugar, 1 tsp brine from the olives. Mix and set aside. I like to prep this ahead to make sure the flavours fully meld but it can also be made .
  3. Pre-heat your pan over medium-high heat.
  4. Divide the 500g of beef mince to form two to three even burger patties.
  5. Add a generous pinch of salt to each side of the patties.
  6. Pan fry the beef patties approx. 2min per side or to desired preference. I like my patties on the rare side.
  7. Transfer to burger buns and top with a generous helping of olive salad.
  8. Enjoy!

Substitutions

Substitutions:

Recipe componentsPossible substitutions*
Simple mayo-olive mix• 1/4 cup mayonnaise
• 1 cup (155g) pitted green olives
(*) Substitutions are only suggestions, adapt to your taste, diet, and ingredients available to you. Not all substitutions have been tested.
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