Now that Spring has sprung and most areas are on the verge of the official summer season, the blogosphere is afire (pun intended) with what’s on the grill. It’s hamburgers here and hamburgers there. So I decided to add my two cents with this ‘different burger with a different topping’. You might want to add it to your repertoire.
Turkey Burger with Feta + Date Filling
and Topped with a Warm Salad of Caramelized Radish
This combination offers up a taste of sweet, peppery, salty and vinegary all in one bite.
Burger Ingredients + Method (I’ll leave measurements to your tastes)
ground turkey
S&P
burger seasoning (I used Weber Gourmet Burger Seasoning)
Dijon Mustard
2 teaspooons each crumbled feta and minced dates (per burger)
Mix gently and split mixture for each burger. Shape burger bottom and add filling, then top burger with remaining meat mixture and form and close mixture around sides to keep filling in. Grill, bake, broil or cook stove top. I pan crusted mine stove top and then finished in the oven about 15 minutes at 350 degrees.
Caramelized Radish Ingredients + Method
radish sliced thinly
olive oil
S+P
balsamic glaze (or reduced vinegar)
Toss sliced radish with olive oil, S+P and saute for a few minutes. Add balsamic syrup/glaze (once around the pan) and cover till tender. Remove cover and let reduce.
To Serve
I served it on a toasted ciabatta roll with some curly endive for crisp fresh taste. Note: To save calories, I used only half of the roll for mine. Aren’t I a good girl? Anyway, did you get a gander at the size of that burger?!
Addendum: Sending this burger over to Chez Us for their ultimate burger contest.
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ohhhh… carmelized radish.
radishes are totally underrated as a veggie. we LOVE them. this looks delicious.
One side of the world is firing up grills and the other has their dutch ovens full of casseroles! I like your take on the traditional burger Joan. And those caramelised radishes look hevenly!
We have about 17,000 radish plants in the garden, so I'll sure be making these caramelized radishes. We had burgers tonite… now I know I should have read your blog *before* dinner!
I had an abundance of radish too (about 16,975 less than you) and that's where the inspiration came from to do something with them for burgers. I certainly never had carmelized radish before but they were very good.
I am loving the feta and dates inside the burger and the caramelized radish sounds excellent! Very creative!
I never ate radishes prepared like this. I'll bet they're just phenomenal!
what a great burger combination – it all sounds so wonderful…..and caramelized radish – who knew?
We are both defintely lovers of feta. And goat cheese is good for you too:D Love the combinations here in your burger:D
Sounds absolutely fabulous Joan. You always have the greatest idea about cooking anything. Putting caramelized radish on burger, who would have thought of this brilliant idea? Yummy!
The caramelized radish looks amazing! I really love the look of this burger.
I don't eat meat, but I love your photography and just wanted to drop you a note to let you know!!
Caramelized radish…sounds and looks terrific…and the turkey burger looks as good as can be. Yummie…lovely for this coming Summer.
oooh – caramelized radishes on a burger sounds just lovely.
Wow – what a fantastic and creative burger. It looks amazing.
ay Dios mio mujer! this is great. i love the flavors and textures. no me gusta tanto los radishes, but the dates, yeah i'll take those! nice job.. i just may make this in one of my cooking classes! I'll let you know!
You've got a lot of flavours served up here…nice contrasts and hey, Feta's in here…no complaints from this chap.
Another delicious combination by Joan. Very creative and the radishes sound amazing!
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