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Northern Italian trattoria burger

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Ingredients

  • For the Italian herb Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter :

  • 2 tbsp Technique: Chop To cut large ingredients or dishes into smaller chunks using a sharp knife. You can chop using a serrated blade fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please chopped fresh Italian parsley leaves
  • 2 tbsp Technique: Chop To cut large ingredients or dishes into smaller chunks using a sharp knife. You can chop using a serrated blade fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please chopped fresh basil leaves
  • 1/8 tsp fresh thyme leaves
  • 2 tbsp Technique: Chop To cut large ingredients or dishes into smaller chunks using a sharp knife. You can chop using a serrated blade fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please chopped shallot
  • 1 clove garlic, Technique: Chop To cut large ingredients or dishes into smaller chunks using a sharp knife. You can chop using a serrated blade fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please chopped
  • 1 1/2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
  • 1/2 tbsp Dijon mustard
  • 165g good quality unsalted Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter , room temperature

  • For the frico and crispy speck:

  • 70g Technique: Grate Shredding a large ingredient to produce small, evenly-sized morsels. You can grate ingredients using a grating disc fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please grated aged Montasio or Asiago cheese
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 110g speck (smoked prosciutto), thinly Technique: Slice Cutting a thin piece or pieces from a larger ingredient or dish. You can slice ingredients using a slicing disc fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please sliced and finely Technique: Chop To cut large ingredients or dishes into smaller chunks using a sharp knife. You can chop using a serrated blade fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please chopped

  • For the burgers:

  • 110g dry, hot capicola (coppa), thinly Technique: Slice Cutting a thin piece or pieces from a larger ingredient or dish. You can slice ingredients using a slicing disc fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please sliced and Technique: Chop To cut large ingredients or dishes into smaller chunks using a sharp knife. You can chop using a serrated blade fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please chopped
  • Pinch fresh rosemary leaves, finely Technique: Chop To cut large ingredients or dishes into smaller chunks using a sharp knife. You can chop using a serrated blade fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please chopped
  • 560g minced steak
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/8 tsp freshly ground black pepper
  • 175g shredded fontina cheese
  • 4 potato buns, split
  • 4 tsp toasted pine nuts
  • 100g wild rocket (or baby rocket)

Use imperial measurements

Method

How to make Northern Italian trattoria burger

1) For the Italian herb Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter , in the bowl of a food processor, combine the parsley, basil, thyme, shallot, garlic, lemon juice and Dijon mustard and puree until smooth. Add the Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter and pulse until well combined. Transfer to a small bowl and reserve.

2) For the frico, heat a large nonstick skillet over a medium-high heat. Sprinkle 1/2 the cheese into 2 circles about 11.5cm in diameter in the skillet. Cook for 2 minutes, then carefully flip with a spatula and cook for another 1 minute. Drain the frico on paper towels. Repeat with remaining the cheese.

3) Meanwhile, to make the speck, heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the Technique: Slice Cutting a thin piece or pieces from a larger ingredient or dish. You can slice ingredients using a slicing disc fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please slices of speck and cook until crispy, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes. Remove from the skillet and drain on paper towels.

For the burgers:
1) Put the capicola and rosemary in the bowl of a food processor and pulse until finely Technique: Chop To cut large ingredients or dishes into smaller chunks using a sharp knife. You can chop using a serrated blade fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please chopped . In a large mixing bowl, combine the capicola mixture, minced beef, salt, and pepper; mix well. Separate the mixture into 4 equal portions and form the portions into patties to fit the size of the buns.

2) Heat a large skillet or griddle pan over high heat. Add the patties to the skillet and cook for 3 1/2 minutes. Flip the burgers and cook for 3 to 4 minutes or to desired doneness. During the last few minutes of cooking, top the burgers with equal amounts of fontina cheese and tent with aluminium foil to melt cheese. Also, during last few minutes of cooking, toast the buns.

To assemble the burgers:
1) Spread a generous amount of Italian herb Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter on the cut sides of the buns. On each bun bottom, arrange equal amounts of pine nuts, crispy speck, rocket, a burger topped with cheese, and a Frico. Cover with the bun tops and serve.

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