Port Erin TT pork burger

Serves 4 Starters and mains

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Ingredients

For the burgers

  • 1kg pork mince
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 50g fresh breadcrumbs
  • 1-2tbsp olive oil

For the sauce

  • 2 Cox’s apples, diced
  • 1 Bramley apple, diced
  • 2tbsp gochujang chilli paste

For the salad

  • 1 red onion, finely sliced
  • 2 celery sticks, thinly sliced
  • small bunch flat-leaf parsley, chopped
  • 1 green chilli, diced
  • 1 little gem lettuce, sliced
  • 2tbsp mayonnaise
  • juice 1 lemon

To serve

  • 4 brioche buns, halved through the middle
  • 1-2tbsp olive oil
  • a few walnuts, chopped

You will need

  • 4 long cocktail sticks

Method

If using, light your barbecue. When the coals are silvery in colour, it’s ready to cook on. Alternatively, heat a large flat griddle pan over a medium heat until hot.

Start by making the sauce. Set a flameproof non-stick saucepan on the barbecue or over a medium heat. When hot, add the apples, gochujang paste and 2tbsp water and bring to the boil, then simmer for 2-3 minutes. Remove from the heat and set aside.

For the burgers, mix the pork, egg yolk, breadcrumbs and plenty of seasoning together in a large bowl. Roughly divide the mixture into 4 pieces, then shape each into a large burger and drizzle a little oil over each one. Place onto the barbecue or the griddle pan and cook for 4 minutes, then flip and cook for a further 4 minutes.

Mix all the ingredients for the salad together in a large bowl and season well to taste.

To serve, drizzle the cut-side of each brioche bun with a little oil and toast on the barbecue or griddle pan, cut-side down, until lightly toasted. Spoon a little sauce onto the bottom of each brioche bun, place a burger on top and sprinkle with the chopped walnuts. Pile on the salad, pop the bun tops on and secure each in place with a long cocktail stick.

This recipe was taken from the June/July 2020 issue of Food and Travel.

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Recipe and photograph taken from James Martin's Islands to Highlands by James Martin. Photography by Peter Cassidy (Quadrille, £25)
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Recipe and photograph taken from James Martin's Islands to Highlands by James Martin. Photography by Peter Cassidy (Quadrille, £25)

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