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4 teaspoons (20 mL) olive oil
2 garlic cloves, sliced thin
8 ounces (250 g / 1 1/2 cups) rapini, kale or spinach, chopped
1 teaspoon (5 mL) salt
Pinch red pepper flakes
4 hamburger buns, toasted
Sauce: In a bowl, combine the mayonnaise, lemon zest and garlic. Refrigerate for at least 15 minutes, or store in the refrigerator, covered, for up to three days.
Burgers: In a large bowl, mash together the bread, shallot, milk, soy sauce, fennel, rosemary and pepper, to make a paste.
Crumble pork into the bowl and gently combine it with the bread mixture. Divide into four equal portions, shaping each into a patty about 3/4 inch (2 cm) thick, then press the centre of each patty to make a small hollow.
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4 teaspoons (20 mL) olive oil
2 garlic cloves, sliced thin
8 ounces (250 g / 1 1/2 cups) rapini, kale or spinach, chopped
1 teaspoon (5 mL) salt
Pinch red pepper flakes
4 hamburger buns, toasted
Sauce: In a bowl, combine the mayonnaise, lemon zest and garlic. Refrigerate for at least 15 minutes, or store in the refrigerator, covered, for up to three days.
Burgers: In a large bowl, mash together the bread, shallot, milk, soy sauce, fennel, rosemary and pepper, to make a paste.
Crumble pork into the bowl and gently combine it with the bread mixture. Divide into four equal portions, shaping each into a patty about 3/4 inch (2 cm) thick, then press the centre of each patty to make a small hollow.
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4 teaspoons (20 mL) olive oil
2 garlic cloves, sliced thin
8 ounces (250 g / 1 1/2 cups) rapini, kale or spinach, chopped
1 teaspoon (5 mL) salt
Pinch red pepper flakes
4 hamburger buns, toasted
Sauce: In a bowl, combine the mayonnaise, lemon zest and garlic. Refrigerate for at least 15 minutes, or store in the refrigerator, covered, for up to three days.
Burgers: In a large bowl, mash together the bread, shallot, milk, soy sauce, fennel, rosemary and pepper, to make a paste.
Crumble pork into the bowl and gently combine it with the bread mixture. Divide into four equal portions, shaping each into a patty about 3/4 inch (2 cm) thick, then press the centre of each patty to make a small hollow.
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Veal is the meat of spring, if you can afford its high price. A recent cookbook about traditional Italian cooking, Old World Italian: Recipes and Secrets from Our Travels in Italy by Mimi Thorisson (Appetite by Random House, $45), includes a classic recipe for a special veal dinner. The author requires fresh sage, but in cooking this dish before my herbs were available, I found a sparing amount of dried sage works.
Thorissonâs 100 recipes are photographed by her husband, Icelander Oddur Thorisson, who also includes shots of scenery and Italians enjoying their food. The author â who has written cookbooks about French cuisine and blogs at mimithorisson.com â recalls holidays in northern and central Italy and how each region has its own traditions and bounty of vegetables.