Recipe: peanut butter burgers

Spice up your homemade burgers with a good dollop of peanut butter relish.

RECIPE: PIC’S PEANUT BUTTER BURGERS

INGREDIENTS

-1kg premium beef mince
-1 white onion, finely diced
-2 tablespoons Pic’s Really Good Peanut Butter, smooth
-salt and pepper to taste
-oil to cook
-8 burger buns, spilt
-lettuce leaves
-dill pickles
-200g blue cheese

METHOD

Add the burger ingredients to a bowl and use your hands to combine well. Form into 8 good-size patties and put an indent in the centre with your thumb to stop curling and help cooking times. Chill in the fridge for at least half an hour. Cook on a barbecue hotplate or hot fry pan for 3 minutes each side. Grab a bun of your choice, add the pattie, plenty of salad, pickles, a wedge of local creamy blue cheese and top with Pic’s Spicy Peanut Relish. Makes: 8 burgers.

RECIPE: PIC’S SPICY PEANUT RELISH

Created for Pic’s by Hopgood’s Restaurant in Nelson, this relish is an ideal accompaniment to any roast meat, fish or vegetables.

INGREDIENTS

-2 tablespoons red curry paste
-5 garlic cloves
-2 tablespoons Pic’s Really Good Peanut Butter, crunchy
-1 tablespoon shrimp paste
-1 tablespoon palm sugar
-1 tablespoon tamarind paste
-2 tablespoons thai fish sauce
-2 tablespoons Pic’s Cold Pressed Extra
-Virgin Peanut Oil
-½ cup peanuts, roasted and roughly chopped

METHOD

In a mortar and pestle make a paste by pounding the curry paste, garlic, peanut butter and shrimp paste until smooth. Add the palm sugar, tamarind paste and fish sauce. Heat the oil in a pan, add the paste and fry over a low heat until lightly golden and fragrant (about 5 minutes). Add peanuts and serve warm.

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