When you think of tastes for
Portugal, Piri Piri chilli springs to mind, along with other herbs and
spices, and definitely pork over beef, Also, my lasting memory of
Portugal was a garlicky mayonnaise they served with bread with each meal. So I settled on a Portuguese Piri Piri Pork Burger with
Aioli.
Armed with my shopping list I
popped down to Waitrose to get said ingredients. My first problem was that I couldn’t find any
Piri Piri chillis. However, I did find a
pre-prepared rub in the Waitrose Cooks’ ingredients” section, which saved me
from buying all the spices individually.
I did consider one of the many sauces you can get, but settled on the
rub as it had the perfect blend I was looking for.
I was also going to make my
own Aioli, but again Waitrose already produce a garlic mayonnaise, so didn’t
feel the need to re-invent the wheel.
Ingredients – makes 4 good size burgers
500g Waitrose lean, minced
free range pork
1 small onion, finely chopped
1 free range egg yolk (we have
our own chicken)
2 tsp Piri Piri Rub
(salt and pepper is already
incorporated in the rub, so didn’t add any further)
Iceburg lettuce leaves
Vine tomatoes
Crusty rolls
Waitrose Garlic Mayonnaise
Small Portuguese flag –
optional!
Method
With your hands, combine the
free range pork with the onion, free range egg yolk and Piri Piri rub. If you’ve time to marinade then I would, but
will still taste delicious if not.
When you are ready to cook,
pre-heat your grill, or fire up the BBQ, and cook for around 6 minutes each
side, depending on the thickness of your burger.
Load your roll with the
burger, lettuce, tomato and garlic mayo, and serve with some spicy wedges and
salad.
Will of course be cheering on
England, but will also look out for my new second team
Portugal. Força
Portugal!!!!!
Thanks for reading.
Annie
