Braai Recipe Ostrich & Blue Cheese Burger
The ostrich & blue cheese burger is thank to its great ingredients really healthy. Braai is able to deliver both: a healthy and delicious meal!
The ingredients will serve about 4 people.
Ingredients for the blue cheese sauce:
- 250g blue-veined cheese, crumbled
- 60g butter, softened
- 2 tablespoons sweet white wine
- 2 teaspoons fresh mint, chopped
- 1 teaspoon fresh rosemary needles
- 2 teaspoons fresh origanum, chopped
- 100g crème fraîche or sour cream
- Salt & pepper to taste
How to prepare the blue cheese sauce:
- Beat the cheese and butter in a bowl (an electric beater is ideal) until smooth and creamy.
- Add the wine and herbs, and mix well.
- Fold through the crème fraîche.
- Season to taste.
Ingredients for the roosterkoek:
- 1kg flour
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 250g butter, cubed
- 250ml sour cream
How to prepare the roosterkoek:
- Mix the dry ingredients together. Cut the butter cubes into the flour mixture.
- Add the sour cream until it forms a medium-stiff dough.
- Roll out to 1cm thickand cut into blocks to make hamburger-sized rolls – remember that they riseslightly during the cooking process.
- Cook these on the fire over a low heat.
Ingredients for the ostrich:
- 4 ostrich fillets
- 1 red onion, sliced into rings
- 2 tomatoes, sliced
- Handful of rocket leaves
- Freshly ground salt & black pepper
How to prepare the ostrich:
- Sear the ostrich fillet on a hot fire and season lightly.
- Cut the roosterkoek open
- When browned on cooler coals and build your burger, starting with the ostrich fillet, and ending with the onion and tomato, topped with the blue cheese sauce.
- Garnish with rocket leaves and enjoy.
This recipe is from the book Cape Wine Braai Master (www.braaitimes.de).
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