Beef and lamb burgers with gherkin relish and swiss cheese

Quick and easy beef and lamb burgers

Serves

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

8 mins

Love burgers but can't choose between beef or lamb patties? Get the best of both worlds with this honest to goodness delicious beef and lamb burger recipe!

A dusting of locally-sourced mānuka smoked salt adds wonderfully smoky undertones while highlighting the full flavour of the finest cuts of New Zealand’s best grass-fed beef and lamb.

This zero fuss family-favourite is cooked on the BBQ (or a stovetop if you prefer) and is on the table in under 20 minutes!

This recipe is courtesy of www.silverfernfarms.com

Love burgers but can't choose between beef or lamb patties? Get the best of both worlds with this honest to goodness delicious beef and lamb burger recipe! A dusting of locally-sourced mānuka smoked salt adds wonderfully smoky undertones while highlighting the full flavour of the finest cuts of New Zealand’s best grass-fed beef and lamb. This zero fuss family-favourite is cooked on the BBQ (or a stovetop if you prefer) and is on the table in under 20 minutes!

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Ingredients

Beef and lamb burger

4 Silver Fern Farms Beef and Lamb with Mānuka Smoked Salt Burgersi
olive oil
for brushing
4 slices swiss cheese
thinly sliced
4 white bread rollsi
split in half and toasted
2 Tbsp harissa sauce
sprigs watercress

Gherkin relish

4 gherkins
sweet pickled, finely chopped
¼ small onion
finely chopped
2 tsp capers
finely chopped
1 green chilli
finely chopped
1 Tbsp parsley
finely chopped
1 tsp white wine vinegar
1 tsp olive oil

Method

For the gherkin relish

To make gherkin relish, combine all the ingredients together in a small bowl.

Season to taste, then set aside while you prepare the burgers.

For the burgers

Remove Silver Fern Farms Beef and Lamb with Mānuka Smoked Salt Burgers from the fridge and allow to bloom for 10 minutes at room temperature.

Preheat a barbecue on high.

Brush the burgers with a little olive oil then cook for 3 1/2 minutes each side, or until cooked through (cook for 4 minutes each side if cooking on the stovetop).

Top with a slice of cheese and allow the heat to melt the cheese.

To serve

To serve, spread harissa sauce over the bottom of each bun.

Add watercress, a burger, then a spoonful of gherkin relish.

Add the burger top.