#Provençal Burger recipe

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Cuisine de Provence

If you want to add a generous bit of sunshine to your meals, then I suggest trying your hand at la Cuisine de Provence. Fragrant with herbs like thyme, rosemary or basil, colourful with fresh vegetables, these recipes celebrate the fish and seafood of the French Riviera and the quality meat of l'arrière-pays! As I am spending a week's holiday in Provence, I intend to enjoy everything la Côte d'Azur has to offer, from bathing in the Mediterranean Sea to the delicious gastronomy! Try these recipes, if you want to follow me!

Drinks

Pastis  

Limoncello Spritz 

Lavender Liqueur 

Appetizers

Rouille 

Anchoïade 

Parmesan Aïoli 

Green Olive Tapenade

Aïoli 

Baguettes 

Roasted Garlic, Thyme, Olive and Tomato Plait

Entrées

Garden Pistou Soup (Vegan)

Salade Niçoise 

Provençal Roasted Chicken 

Meat

Provençal Burger 

Niçoise Stuffed Zucchini

Fish

Prawn Pasta à la Marseillaise 

Anchovy Stuffed Courgettes 

Rosemary Roasted Tuna 

Brandade de Morue (Codfish Potato Bake) 

Sage and Lemon Sardines 

Red Mullet and Aubergine Burgers 

Rosemary and Basil Sardines 

Roasted Sardines

Sides

Poêlée Provençale (Sautéed Aubergines and Peppers) 

Tian (Vegan)

Tomatoes Provençal

Ratatouille

Savoury Pies and Tarts

Tourte aux Blettes

Condiments

Herbes de Provence 

Desserts

Lavender Apricot Tart 

Peach and Apricot Charlotte

Ice Cream

Lavender Ice Cream 

Lavender Apricot Sorbet (Vegan)

Lavender Apricot Ice Cream Cups

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Provençal Burger

If you’re spending the weekend watching epic Northern versus Southern Hemisphere Rugby clashes on telly, you might want something tasty and hearty to eat whilst enjoying the game. Maybe it is because I was cheering on Les Bleus against fierce Pumas last night, but I feel like this Provençal Burger is the best side to an exciting and intense as rugby match!

Ingredients (serves 1):

200 grams/ ounces beef mince

1/2 teaspoon dried thyme

1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika

1/2 teaspoon fleur de sel or sea salt flakes

1/2 teaspoon freashly cracked black pepper

1/2 tablespoon olive oil

45 grams/1 1/2 ounce Tomme des Pyrénées (or good Mature English Cheddar)

1 Cheddar Dinner Roll

2 tablespoons Aïoli

1/4 red onion, peeled

1/4 small red bell pepper, rinsed

In a medium bowl, combine beef mince, dried thyme, smoked paprika, fleur de sel and black pepper. Drizzle with olive oil. Mix well and gently with clean hands, and shape into a generous patty. Set aside.

Heat a grill pan over medium-high heat. Once hot, add the beef patty, and grill, on both sides. Once almost done to your liking, top patty with slices of Tomme des Pyrénées (or Cheddar).

Halve Cheddar Dinner Roll, and place on the grill pan, to warm. Once warm and toasted, remove from the grill, and cover patty with a lid, to allow the cheese to finish melting, about one minute.

Spread Aïoli generously on both halves of the Cheddar Dinner Roll. 

Place bottom halve onto serving plate. Slice red onion and bell pepper thinly enough, and place red onion slices onto the bottom halve. Top with hot beef patty. Scatter red bell pepper slices onto the melted cheese. Finally, top with  Cheddar Dinner Roll top halve. 

Enjoy Provençal Burger hot, with Hot Chips 6and a good (chilled) Pays d’Oc rosé or a robust red, like Malbec.