Venison burger with grilled pineapple and chilli mayo

Name: Venison burger with grilled pineapple and chilli mayo
Cuisine: Australian
Ingredients: 1 small onion, minced; 2 garlic cloves, minced; olive oil for cooking; 600 g minced venison; 200 g pork fat, minced; 1 tbsp chopped fresh sage; 2 eggs; salt and freshly ground black pepper; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 4 rings of fresh pineapple; 8 thin slices Gruyère cheese

Preparation info

Serve
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Burgers

By Paul Gayler

Published 2014

About

Andrew Blake is a talented restaurateur from Australia, and this recipe is from his magnificent book published some years ago called Blakes - and demonstrates a wonderful yet simple combination of ingredients.

Ingredients

1 small onion, minced
2 garlic cloves, minced
olive oil for cooking
600

Oceania
Australia
Burger

Method

Sweat the onion and garlic in a little olive oil for 2 minutes on a medium heat. Cool and place in a mixing bowl with the minced venison and pork fat, sage and eggs; mix well and season.
Form into 4 large patties, about 2-3cm thick.
In a heavy based frying pan, cook the venison patties in a little olive oil to a medium-rare stage.
Preheat th