Beef burgers with beets, cream sauce and broccoli

Beef burgers with beets, cream sauce and broccoli

These juicy minced veal patties with capers are a Swedish classic. Enjoy this luxurious low-carb version with fresh broccoli, cooked beets and a tasty cream sauce!

Beef burgers with beets, cream sauce and broccoli

These juicy minced veal patties with capers are a Swedish classic. Enjoy this luxurious low-carb version with fresh broccoli, cooked beets and a tasty cream sauce!
USMetric
4 servingservings

Ingredients

Beef burgers
  • 1½ lbs 650 g ground beef or ground turkey
  • 2 2 egg yolkegg yolks
  • 1 (4 oz.) 1 (110 g) yellow onion, minced or finely choppedyellow onions, minced or finely chopped
  • 2 oz. 55 g beet, cooked and finely choppedbeets, cooked and finely chopped
  • 13 cup 80 ml heavy whipping cream
  • ¼ cup 60 ml small capers
  • 1 tsp 1 tsp salt
  • ½ tsp ½ tsp pepper
  • 2 tbsp 2 tbsp butter, for frying
Sauce
  • 113 cups 325 ml heavy whipping cream
  • salt and pepper
Broccoli
  • 1 lb (5 cups) 450 g (1.2 liters) broccoli
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Instructions

  1. Combine all the ingredients for the burgers, except the butter.
  2. Shape one burger per serving with wet hands. Fry in butter over medium to high heat until they have a nice browned surface on both sides. Remove and keep warm. Keep the cooking juices in the pan.
  3. Add cream to the same frying pan and bring to a boil. Let simmer for at least 5 minutes on medium high heat or until the sauce reaches the desired consistency. Salt and pepper to taste.
  4. Boil the broccoli in lightly salted water for about 2 minutes. Drain and allow to steam for a few minutes.
  5. Serve burgers with the cream sauce and broccoli.

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  1. Deb
    The beef burgers were delicious. I would have never considered adding beets to burgers but it was very, very good. Unfortunately, the sauce did not work out for me. Perhaps the cooking juices were too oily. Thanks for the recipes!

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