Recipe from Västerbottensost cheese as part of their ‘Swedish summer to remember’.
Ingredients
You will need (for two):
- 350g minced venison (or beef)
- 1 rasher fried bacon, chopped
- 1 tsp crushed juniper berries
- Salt and pepper
- Västerbottensost cheese, grated
- Buns of your choice and salad and condiments to serve
Method
Put the venison mince into a bowl and add the chopped bacon, juniper berries and salt and pepper.
Give everything a really good mix then form into four burger shapes (I made quite small ones).
Heat a pan to high and add a little oil to the pan. Fry the burgers until lovely and brown on the outside and cooked through. For the last few minutes of cooking add the grated Västerbottensost and allow to melt.
Serve the burgers with your favourite burger toppings.
I loved the bacon chopped up inside the burger as it gave the lean venison some fat. The juniper berries added a great undertone too. As usual the burgers shrank when I cooked them but the bun to burger ratio was still pretty good. A few slices of raw onion was all I added as they were really flavourful. The Västerbottensost is sort of like Parmesan but not as crumbly and has more sourness than some of the ‘sweeter’ cheeses you can get. If you’re going Swedish this summer, it’s well worth a try.
Thank you to Västerbottensost for the sample. All opinions and words expressed are my own.
I think these burgers look gorgeous! I would absolutely love to have one right now, and I am saving this recipe for my next bbq!
Lovely burgers and yes with onion too.
Do you know what, I too always have such bother with burger photography. I think you have to get really close otherwise they look a bit dodgy. Yours sound gorgeous. Love the cheese!
This looks like a perfect combination of flavors, Caroline – I love the idea of venison and bacon together!
It sounds delicious! And it’s most important that they were delicious!
If the burgers look too big, maybe you should make them as “sliders” and just pretend that they are the full-size ones! I had not heard of that type of cheese before, but it sounds nice. I bet they don’t sell it in Morrisons’!
What delicious looking burgers my friend, they look fantastic 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
that cheese sounds yummy, and so does the burger itself! picture shmicture. 🙂
Being that it’s burger season, these look like the perfect addition to the grilling repertoire!
Venison burgers with juniper berries, count me in. I think your burgers look lovely. I know what you mean about getting that right shot, sometimes it is really difficult.
These venison burgers look FANTASTIC!
We eat a lot of venison so thank you for this recipe – I now have something new to try 🙂
Yum, I love the bacon in the burger and using venison makes it all the more delicious.
Sam