Vegetarian Burger: Instant portobello burger

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Instant portobello burger

 

Makes 1 burger

 

Preparation time less than 30 mins

Cooking time less than 10 mins

 

Ingredients

For portobello burgers:

4 large portobello mushrooms

1 large beef tomato

1 onion (cut into rings)

salad leaves

soft goats' cheese

bread

salt

olive oil

chopped herbs - thyme or marjoram or other hard herbs

For the aioli:

1 fat clove of garlic, crushed

a thumb of flaky sea salt

2 tsp finely chopped rosemary needles

½tbsp olive oil

6 tbsp mayonnaise

lemon juice, to sharpen

 

 

Method

To make the portobello burgers:

1. Douse four big portobello mushrooms liberally with olive oil. Rub them with

salt and pepper and grill until they re tender. You may need to brush on more

oil, and you might like to stick some chopped herbs on them towards the end of

their spell over the coals.

2. Do the same with the four thick slices of beef tomato and sear briefly for

about 30 seconds on each side.

3. To assemble, layer up the grilled mushrooms with the tomato, a few onion

rings and leaves. Sandwich between two pieces of bread and add a good blob of

soft goats' cheese or any other melting kind of cheese you have. You could also

add some of rosemary lemon aioli (see separate recipe below).

 

To make the aioli:

Combine garlic, salt and rosemary with the olive oil. Allow to sit for a few

minutes for the flavours to infuse. Beat the rosemary oil into the mayonnaise

and add a squeeze of lemon to taste.