Beef Burgers with Spicy Maple Sauce - Recipe by Maple from Canada

Ingredients

Patties:

500 g lean ground beef
1/4 cup quick-cooking oats
2 Tbs flat-leaf parsley, chopped
1 egg
1 garlic clove, pressed
1 shallot, minced
1 tsp Montréal steak seasoning

Maple sauce:

1/4 cup Greek yoghurt
1/4 cup mayonnaise
2 Tbs + 1 tsp pure maple syrup (preferably amber syrup for its rich flavour)
1 garlic clove, pressed
1/2 tsp harissa sauce
1/2 tsp smoked paprika

To serve:

4 slices of smoked gouda or your choice of cheese
A few thin slices of red onion
1 tomato, sliced
Lettuce leaves, to garnish

Method

Patties:

Combine all patty ingredients in a bowl and shape into four 2 cm thick patties.

Grill on the barbeque over medium-high heat for 10–15 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 71 C. Turn twice during cooking.

Maple sauce:

Combine sauce ingredients in a bowl. Set aside in the fridge.

To assemble:

With 2 minutes until the patties are cooked, put the buns on the grill and keep a close eye on them to prevent burning.

Spoon sauce onto the bottom halves of the buns, place a beef patty on each and top with cheese, onion, lettuce and tomato.

Credits: Maple from Canada

Photo Credits: Maple from Canada