Beef and Pork Burgers with Beetroot Feta and Kumara Chips

Beef and Pork Burgers with Beetroot Feta and Kumara Chips

Ready in 35 minutes Serves 4
This dish most recently appeared in Fresh Start (5 Nights For 4) on Sunday, September 23, 2018.

Make your burger patties ahead of time to make this recipe super-quick!


Ingredients

ONIONS

  • 2 brown onions, thinly sliced

KUMARA

  • 400g red kumara, cut into 1cm rounds

BURGERS

  • 500g lean ground beef and pork
  • 1 egg
  • 1 pack burger spice

BEETROOT FETA

  • 1 beetroot, grated
  • ¼ cup yoghurt
  • 50g feta cheese

TO SERVE

  • 1 iceberg lettuce, leaves separated
  • 1 tomato, thinly sliced

Steps

  1. Preheat oven to 230ºC.
  2. Prep & cook onions. Heat 1 tsp oil in a large frypan on medium heat. Cook onions with a pinch of salt for 8-10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until golden and caramelised. Set aside.
  3. Prep & cook kumara. Toss kumara with 1 tsp oil on a lined oven tray, season and bake (on middle oven rack) for 15 minutes to begin with.
  4. Prep & cook burgers. In a medium bowl mix beef and pork, egg, burger spice and ½ tsp salt together until well combined. With damp hands, divide mix into 8 and shape into 1.5cm thick patties.
  5. Prep & cook burgers. In a medium bowl mix beef and pork, egg, burger spice and ½ tsp salt together until well combined. With damp hands, divide mix into 8 and shape into 1.5cm thick patties.
  6. Cook patties for 8-10 minutes, until golden brown and cooked through. Remove from oven and rest, covered. Continue to grill kumara for about 1 minute, until golden.
  7. Prep beetroot feta. Grate beetroot and place in a medium bowl. Add yoghurt and crumble in feta, mix to combine and season.
  8. Prep garnishes.
  9. To serve, lay out lettuce leaves and spoon beetroot feta onto leaves. Place a kumara round and a patty in each lettuce leaf, top with tomato and caramelised onion. Serve remaining kumara on the side.

Nutritional Information

Energy 1676 kj
401 kcal
Protein 36.4g
Carbohydrate 17.7g
Fat 16.5g