Turkey burgers with pepper and blue cheese sauce

Turkey burgers with pepper and blue cheese sauce

This easy recipe for turkey burgers with blue cheese will be gobbled up in seconds at your barbie.

Turkey burgers with pepper and blue cheese sauce

  • Serves icon Serves 6
  • Time icon Takes 25 minutes to barbecue, plus chilling

This easy recipe for turkey burgers with blue cheese will be gobbled up in seconds at your barbie.

Nutrition: per serving

Calories
590kcals
Fat
24.5g (4.9g saturated)
Protein
41.7g
Carbohydrates
54g (2.7g sugars)
Salt
1.8g

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed
  • 1 shallot, finely chopped
  • 750g turkey mince
  • 75g fresh breadcrumbs
  • Flour, for binding
  • Lettuce, torn to serve
  • Vegetable oil, for brushing
  • 6 burger buns

For the pepper and blue cheese sauce

  • 1 strip roasted red pepper from a jar, drained
  • ½ x 200ml jar mayonnaise
  • 30g blue cheese
  • Small handful of chopped fresh flatleaf parsley
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Method

  1. Heat the oil in a frying pan and add the garlic and shallot. Cook for 1-2 minutes, until softened. Cool on kitchen paper. Put into a bowl, add the mince and breadcrumbs. Season, mix well and divide into 6. Lightly flour your hands, then shape into 6 burgers. Chill for 30 minutes, put into a Tupperware box and then into a cool box.
  2. Meanwhile, make the sauce. Chop the peppers and put into a bowl. Stir in the mayonnaise. Crumble in the blue cheese and stir well. Add the parsley and pop into a Tupperware box and put into a cool box. Put the lettuce in a separate box and put in the cool box.
  3. At the beach, light the barbecue, following the manufacturer’s instructions. Brush the grate with oil. Barbecue the burgers for 12-15 minutes, turning once, until tender. Grill the buns. Put a burger in each bun and top with lettuce and pepper and cheese sauce.

Nutrition

Nutrition: per serving
Calories
590kcals
Fat
24.5g (4.9g saturated)
Protein
41.7g
Carbohydrates
54g (2.7g sugars)
Salt
1.8g

delicious. tips

  1. You can also cook the burgers under a hot grill for 15-20 minutes, turning once, until tender.

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