Game burgers and carrot & cumin buns

Makes 12 patties.


Ingredients:

750g of game (the choice is yours) I used Red deer & wild boar (there may have been a bit of pigeon breast in to make up the weight)

250 g pork collar

Game spices *

10ml of gin

10ml of Cinzano bianco

5ml of cassis

1 stale roll soaked in milk

1 large onion sautéed

Small handful (if you have a large mitt) or a handful (if you have a small mitt) of dried cranberries

Salt to taste

*See my standard recipe for game spices

Put all of the meat into a zip lock bag, add the game spices and shake to mix well

Mixed game and pork collar

The ingredients ready to be marinated

The mixture in the marinade

Add the gin, Cinzano and cassis

Shake it all about and place in the fridge over night(or in cold weather on the balcony, for those that are hardy and picnic in winter)



Mince the meats and the bread


add the cranberries mixing by hand

Now sauté the onion add this along with the chopped cranberries and mix well (at this point I will taste the raw mixture and adjust the seasoning, for those not able to do this (the wimps of this world) heat a little oil in a frying pan and fry a small disk of the mixture, this way you shall be able to adjust the seasoning to your taste.

Me being a wimp (I had already tried the raw mixture)

Form into patties, I use Chefs rings, this way they come out all the same size and there are no fights over the biggest one.

12 nice formed patties

Now doesn't that look good enough to eat?

You can fry these on a very hot skillet (or even in a little oil in a frying pan), but for me the best way is out in the open on a real wood fired BBQ, adding a few sprigs of Juniper and rosemary to the glow (no flames).







Slice a Gillthepainter (to Dan Lepards recipe) Carrot and Cumin burger bun in half, smear with a good relish (homemade), mustard, aioli or any thing else you fancy, place the game burger (now done to how you like it, mine has to be juicy and still a little pink) plonk a bit of gherkin, tomato or what ever else on top and away you go.

Link to Dans recipe for Carrot and Cumin burger buns:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/jul/11/baking-recipe-carrot-cumin-buns

My Dan Lepards Carrot and Cumin buns




The Ingredients



The wet ingredients ready to be added to the dry



The mixed dough



Dough ready to prove

Doubled in size



Forming the six balls

Popping them into the oven



The finished Burger Buns

These excellent buns went together with the game burgers like they had been paired in heaven, fantastic and thanks Gill for putting me onto them!