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Turkey Burgers with Cranberry BBQ Sauce


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Ingredients

BBQ Sauce:

¾ cup Patience Fruit & Co Whole & Juicy Dried Cranberries, sweetened with apple juice

Hot water

½ cup ketchup

½ cup apple cider vinegar

2 tbsp water

2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce

2 tbsp coconut sugar

2 green onions, chopped

½ tbsp capers, drained

1 garlic clove, chopped

1 tbsp Dijon mustard

½ tsp fresh-ground black pepper

 

Turkey burgers: 

16 oz ground turkey

1 medium yellow onion, thinly sliced

1 garlic clove, minced

½ tsp chilli powder

½ tsp oregano

½ tsp sea salt, to taste

¼ tsp fresh-ground black pepper

Canola oil

 

Toppings 

Brioche buns or your favourite hamburger buns

Cranberry BBQ sauce

A few slices aged cheddar cheese

Red onion, thinly sliced

Lettuce

Sliced tomatoes

Avocado

Alfalfa sprouts

Preparation time 15 min
Cooking time 1 hour Portions 4 hamburgers

These delicious, juicy turkey burgers pair perfectly with salty-sweet barbecue sauce. Topped with the best garnishes, this recipe is tailor-made for your summer barbecues.

Ingredients

BBQ Sauce:

¾ cup Patience Fruit & Co Whole & Juicy Dried Cranberries, sweetened with apple juice

Hot water

½ cup ketchup

½ cup apple cider vinegar

2 tbsp water

2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce

2 tbsp coconut sugar

2 green onions, chopped

½ tbsp capers, drained

1 garlic clove, chopped

1 tbsp Dijon mustard

½ tsp fresh-ground black pepper

 

Turkey burgers: 

16 oz ground turkey

1 medium yellow onion, thinly sliced

1 garlic clove, minced

½ tsp chilli powder

½ tsp oregano

½ tsp sea salt, to taste

¼ tsp fresh-ground black pepper

Canola oil

 

Toppings 

Brioche buns or your favourite hamburger buns

Cranberry BBQ sauce

A few slices aged cheddar cheese

Red onion, thinly sliced

Lettuce

Sliced tomatoes

Avocado

Alfalfa sprouts

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Steps

  1. Barbecue sauce
    Place cranberries in a heat-resistant or glass bowl and add enough hot water to cover. Let soak 15 minutes. Drain, reserving water for later use.

  2. Mix all the ingredients in a medium heavy-bottom skillet and bring to a boil over medium heat. Lower heat to minimum and let simmer gently 30 to 45 minutes, stirring from time to time. Add a little of the reserved water if liquid reduces too much.

  3. Remove from heat and mix until smooth, adding a little water if needed.

  4. Set aside to cool.

  5. Turkey burgers
    In a medium bowl, mix all the ingredients.

  6. Divide burger mix in 4 same-size patties and grill on barbecue or stovetop.

  7. On barbecue: Preheat barbecue on medium-high. Rub grate with an oil-soaked paper towel. Grill turkey burgers 5 minutes. Turn and baste with cranberry BBQ sauce. Grill until meat is down, 4 to 5 minutes or 165°F (74°C ) on instant-read thermometer.

  8. On stovetop : Preheat a cast-iron or grill pan over medium-high heat. Add enough oil to coat bottom of skillet and lower heat to medium. Fry turkey burgers 5 minutes. Turn and baste with cranberry BBQ sauce. Cook for another 4-5 minutes or until done.

  9. Assembly
    Spread cranberry BBQ sauce on base of hamburger bun. Top with cheese, onion and avocado. Add burger patty. Garnish with lettuce, alfalfa sprouts and sliced tomato.

Recommendations

This recipe will yield more sauce than needed for the burgers but can easily be doubled if you need more.

It will keep for a few weeks chilled in the refrigerator, in a hermetically sealed plastic container.

Thanks to our collaborator

80Twenty

Kris Osborne believes in nourishing our bodies with healthy, delicious foods most of the time (80%) and eating what we want the remaining 20%. It's the way she lives and it's what serves as the inspiration for her blog, where she shares her passion for food, appropriately called 80Twenty.

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