RecipeTin Eats’ sausage burgers (and secret house special sauce)

Name: RecipeTin Eats’ sausage burgers (and secret house special sauce)
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Modern Australian
Ingredients: ¾ cup whole egg mayonnaise; 1 tbsp American yellow mustard; 2 tbsp finely chopped sweet gherkins; 2 tsp gherkin juice (from the jar); 2 tsp white sugar; ½ tsp white wine vinegar; ½ tsp paprika; ½ tsp garlic granules (or ¼ tsp garlic powder); ½ tsp onion powder

RecipeTin Eats

July 31, 2023

Can’t decide between a sausage and a burger at a barbecue? Why not have both?Rob Palmer; Styling Emma Knowles

easyTime:< 30 minsMakes:4

Sausage meat makes wickedly good burger patties. Squeeze the meat out of the casings, pat into burgers and you have seasoned patties, which you can cook up like any burger in a frying pan or on the barbecue. To give these a final flourish, I’m sharing my secret house special burger sauce recipe.

Ingredients

House special burger sauce

¾ cup whole egg mayonnaise
1 tbsp American yellow mustard
2 tbsp finely chopped sweet gherkins
2 tsp gherkin juice (from the jar)
2 tsp white sugar
½ tsp white wine vinegar
½ tsp paprika
½ tsp garlic granules (or ¼ tsp garlic powder)
½ tsp onion powder

Burgers

600g pork sausages
1 tbsp olive oil
4 soft white rolls, about 10cm wide
4 slices “burger cheese” (or other classier cheese of choice)
2 tbsp butter
2 tbsp ketchup
2 tomatoes, sliced
2 cups sliced iceberg lettuce
sliced pickles (any kind you like)
1 red onion, finely sliced into rounds

Method

Step 1
To make the house special burger sauce, mix all the ingredients together in a bowl and set aside until required.
Step 2
To make the burgers, squeeze the sausage meat out of casings and form into 4 patties, slightly larger than the buns, using wet hands to avoid the meat sticking.
Step 3
Heat the oil in large non-stick frying pan over medium-high heat. Cook the patties for about 3 minutes on each side, placing a slice of cheese on top of each after you’ve flipped them (the heat will melt it).
Step 4
Split and lightly toast the rolls. Butter the base and lid and spread ketchup on the base. Then assemble the burger in this order: lettuce, tomato, patty with melted cheese, pickles, red onion, burger sauce, then finally, the bun lid. EAT!