The Italian Burger

The Idea was to create an Italian inspired burger and this recipe will not disappoint. The Burger is so succulent with the combination of steak mince and sausage meat and the beautiful Italian flavours of tomato, garlic and basil that sing through this dish like Pavarotti.


Ingredients
400g Steak mince
200g Sausage meat 60%
16 rashes of smoked pancetta rashes
100g Sun dried tomatoes (chopped)
Half a Red Onion (chopped)
1 egg
2 cloves Garlic (chopped)
1 Red onion sliced
handful of Basil (chopped)
handful of Parsley (chopped)
Salt & Pepper
4tablespoons Olive Oil
2 Large Vine Tomatoes (sliced)
4 large Basil leafs
4 teaspoons Green Pesto
Mayonnaise
Lettuce leafs
Teaspoon sugar
1 tablespoon butter
1 ball Mozzarella cheese
4 Italian Mini Panini breads or burger buns

Method
In a large mixing bowl add the mince, sausage meat, garlic, sun dried tomatoes, chopped onion, chopped parsley and chopped basil with 1 egg, season with salt and pepper.
Using your hands combine the mince together and then form into patties (Burgers) and place on a chopping board. Wrap the burgers over the top with smoked pancetta and tuck loose ends underneath.
In a medium hot pan place 2 tablespoons of olive oil and cook the burgers for 4 minutes on each side. flip the burger with the pancetta facing up and place some Mozzarella cheese on each burger then cover the pan with a lid and lower the temperature, leave for a few minutes until the cheese has started to melt, remove from the stove and set aside.

To make Caramelised Onions, add the sliced onions into a small pan, along with the butter, 1 tablespoon of olive oil and 1 teaspoon of sugar, leave on a low heat for 5-10 minutes stirring occasionally until soft and caramelised.

Now for the mini panini bread, spread green pesto on the base of the bread, then some mayonnaise, cover with sliced tomatoes, top with lettuce leafs then carefully place the burger on top. Lay a basil leaf on top of the burger and then the caramelised onion. Put a little more mayonnaise on the inside of the top panini bread and place on top of the burger.