Create & Cook finalist's Pork, Apple and Sage Burgers
Naomi's Pork, Apple and Sage Burgers with Caramelised Onions Serves 2 NAOMI, John Hanson Community School, Andover, Hampshire
Burgers
300g Greenfield pork mince
1 small red onion
1 small apple
1 small egg, beaten
Few sage leaves
Salt and Pepper
Caramelised Onions
1 large onion
15g butter
? tbsp Pratts rapeseed oil *
1 tbsp light muscavado sugar
Potato Wedges
2 medium potatoes
2 tbsp Pratts Rapeseed oil *
BURGERS
1. Mix all the burger ingredients in a bowl and season. Shape into 2 burgers, and chill for 30 minutes.
2. Heat some rapeseed oil in a frying pan, fry the burgers over a medium heat until cooked in the centre and golden brown on the outside.
CARAMELISED ONIONS
1. Peel and cut the onions into thick slices. Melt the butter in a frying pan, add the oil and add the onions and sugar. Cook over a low heat for 30 mins, stirring occasionally.
POTATO WEDGES
1. Preheat oven 220C / Gasmark 7.
2. Cut up the potatoes into thick wedges.
3. Toss the wedges in some oil and season with salt and pepper. Tip on to a baking tray and roast in the oven 15 - 20 minutes until golden brown.
4. To serve - halve a rustic white roll, place burgers inside the rolls, with a spoonful of caramelised onions. Serve with the potato wedges and a watercress salad.