Delicious Berkshire Pork and Apple Burger

Here is another of my favourite ground pork recipes. Is so good as a burger but you can also use it as a stuffing. We have ours with potatoes cooked in bacon fat - delicious!

Berkshire Pork & Apple Burgers

• 1lb Berkshire ground pork

• 1 tsp coriander seeds

• 1 tsp black peppercorns

• 1 tbsp dried sage or 5 sage leaves finely chopped

• 2 dessert apples

• 1 tsp salt

• 1/4 cup fresh pressed sweet apple cider or 1 small apple peeled and cored (i liquidized it)

• juice of 1/2 lemon

• 1 tsp lard or oil for frying.

Directions

1. Toast coriander seeds and black peppercorns for 1-2 mins in a dry pan until fragrant. then crush them in a pestle and mortar until well crushed.

2. Peel, quarter and core 2 apples then chop into 3- 4mm cubes and squeeze lemon juice over them

3. Liquidize 3rd apple if you don’t have apple cider

4. Put all ingredients into a bowl and mix thoroughly.

5. shape into 4 burgers and chill for at least 30 mins.

6. Heat a large frying pan over medium heat and add lard.

7. Add burgers and fry for 10-15 mins until cooked through (165 degrees F)

8. Remove from pan and let rest for 5 mins.

9. Enjoy.

Variation - Put a piece of mature cheddar cheese in the centre of the burger before you cook it.

If you make this recipe I would love to know what you think - you can leave a comment below.