Mini Burgers


Course : Burgers
Serves: 4 - 6
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Ingredients:


1 pound minced beef

3 tablespoons sun-dried tomato paste

2 small shallots -- finely chopped

2 Cloves garlic -- finely chopped

1 teaspoon salt and freshly ground black pepper

6 Medium mini bread rolls -- sliced in three horizontally

2 tablespoons olive oil

3 Medium quail eggs -- hard boiled and halved

3 ounces smoked mozzarella -- cut into diamonds

3 Medium pickled gherkins -- halved

3 Medium radishes -- halved

---For the dip:

1/4 Pint natural yogurt

2 ounces sour cream

2 tablespoons chopped mixed herbs

1 teaspoon salt and freshly ground black pepper

1 bunch few rocket leaves to garnish -- if wished
 

Preparation / Directions:


Mix the minced beef, tomato paste, shallots and garlic. Season with salt and peper and divide into 18. Shape into mini burgers. Chill until required. Preheat the grill to high. Grill the burgers for about 4-5 mins. on each side. Drizzle the sliced rolls with oil and grill for 1-2 mins on each side, or until crisp. Arrange the halved rolls on serving plates and put a burger on each. Put half a quail egg on top of six burgers and skewer with a cocktail stick. Do the same on another six with a diamond of mozzarella. And repeat with a gherkin and radish half for the remaining six. Mix together ingredients for the dip and serve with burgers. Garnish the burgers with a little rocket if wished.

 

Nutritional Information:

442 Calories (kcal); 39g Total Fat; (57% calories from fat); 4g Protein; 60g Carbohydrate; 228mg Cholesterol; 45mg Sodium


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