Mary Berry homemade beef burgers with sweet pickled cucumbers recipe

Mary Berry served up tasty homemade beef burgers with sweet pickled cucumbers and a beetroot and carrot coleslaw on Classic Mary Berry.

The ingredients for the burgers are: 500g lean beef mince, 50g fresh white breadcrumbs, 2 tsp Dijon mustard, 1 tbsp sun-dried tomato paste, 1 small onion, finely chopped, 1 tbsp chopped fresh marjoram, 3 tbsp chopped flatleaf parsley, 1 free-range egg yolk, 2 tbsp oil and salt and freshly ground black pepper.

For the beetroot and carrot slaw: 4 tbsp full-fat mayonnaise, ½ lemon, juice only, dash sugar, 1 tbsp hot horseradish sauce, 1 large carrot, peeled and coarsely grated, 150g raw beetroot, peeled and grated, 2 sticks celery, very finely chopped, 2 spring onions, chopped, 3 tbsp chopped flatleaf parsley, 2 tsp Dijon mustard, salt and freshly ground black pepper.

To serve: 6 burger or brioche buns, cut in half, 2 large beefsteak tomatoes, thickly sliced, 1 Little Gem, leaves separated and 6 large gherkins, thinly sliced.


See Mary’s recipes in her new book titled: Classic: Delicious, no-fuss recipes from Mary’s new BBC series, available from Amazon now.