It’s pretty interesting to notice that certain types of “junk food” or simple comfort food can suddenly become a new culinary trend. It happened to meatballs for instance; restaurant Meatballs is doing great business in cities like NYC and London and many other restaurants placed the traditional simple meatball as a posh dish on their menu. There’s a gourmet mayonnaise store in New York, there are several grilled cheese-restaurants and then there’s the burger.
From very exclusive burger dishes with wagyu beef, truffles or foie gras to popular restaurants that claim to serve the “perfect basic burger”; burgers are more popular than ever. I wrote about de Burgermeester in Amsterdam before and this Fish Burger is based on one of my favorite dishes there.
I think this is the ultimate burger for summer. It’s comforting, juicy, fresh, has a nice salty kick from the capers and is pretty light (but very satisfying too).
It combines perfectly with the fresh lemon mayonnaise with spicy wasabi. I used a grill pan, but it’s also delicious prepared on a BBQ.
Ingredients
- 1.3 lb (600 gr.) white fish filet (i.e. catfish/cod/tilapia)
- 1 tablespoon capers
- 3 spring onions, finely chopped
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 4 bread rolls
- lettuce
- 4 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 1-2 tablespoons lemon juice
- wasabi, to taste
Instructions
- Divide fish in half. Place one half in food processor and process until smooth. Chop other half into little pieces.
- Mix all fish with capers, spring onions and a generous amount of salt and pepper. Form into four patties and place in fridge for 30 minutes to firm up.
- Brush burgers with a little olive oil and grill in a grill pan until cooked (about 4-5 minutes each side).
- Meanwhile, mix all sauce ingredients and add wasabi to taste.
- Top bread rolls with lettuce, grilled fish burger and sauce. Serve.
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All the flavors you would want in your snack, or lunch…I can even have this for dinner. Looks yummy!
Thanks:)
Wow, the combination of ingredients! This sounds absolutely wonderful!
Thank you, it’s a delicious combination indeed!
Good evening! I featured this recipe on my blog today for my weekly seafood round-up. It looks great, thanks for allowing me to share. Here is the link http://carriesexperimentalkitchen.blogspot.com/2012/05/week-18-seafood-frenzy-friday-top-50.html
That’s great, Carrie!