So far, I've received very positive feedback from people who tried my 'Ultimate Burger'. Now, how do I improve on it? Simply add some truffle sauce and serve it with a nice mushroom sauce.
I discovered this very heavenly combination of truffle and bone marrow at Gaita Fores' Pepato in Greenbelt 2. At Pepato, the whole bone is roasted and then sliced in half lengthwise to make it easy for diners to scoop out the flavorful marrow with a spoon. Served with the bone is a ramekin each of truffle sauce and sea salt. When eaten all together, my taste buds just go wild with an almost orgasmic sensation with my eyes almost half-closed. Meg Ryan must have been eating this on her sandwich at the famous deli scene in 'When Harry Met Sally'.
What is truffle sauce? Go back to my last post.
After eating the marrow at Pepato and watching Anthony Bourdain and Fergus Henderson devouring roasted bone marrow at one episode of No Reservations, I was getting much inspiration with regards to the beloved and very underrated piece of offal. One time at the restaurant, I served beef consommé with truffled bone marrow toast’, simply making a paste of bone marrow, truffle sauce, sea salt, freshly ground green pepper and coarsely chopped flat parsley. It didn't look too appetizing though but now I'm trying to perfect truffled bone marrow dumplings.
Having known about this heavenly marrow and truffle combination, how can I not add this truffle sauce to a bone marrow filled burger? I was disappointed in myself that it took me so long to even think about it! The process of doing this version is the same as the ultimate burger with the addition of truffle sauce on top of the chopped marrow and adding chopped flat leafed parsley instead of thyme.
After cooking this 200-gram burger almost 2 minutes per side on high heat on a grill pan, I put it on a plate and then add some white wine mushroom cream sauce. I then garnish with some fresh chives. I serve the burger with mashed potatoes (or some pommes frittes), and voila… you have a very elegant Salisbury Steak. The truffle paste and mushroom sauce gives the burger a new dimension. The 'ultimate' burger is great but this one is excellent. Think Beatles 'Revolver' album being followed by 'Sgt. Peppers'.
If you don’t have a white wine mushroom cream sauce on hand, and you want to try doing this at home, simply deglaze the cooking pan with some white wine and reduce until syrupy. Add some beef stock reduce and then add some cream, reduce, add some cooked sliced white mushrooms and monté with some cold butter nuggets. I would think a nice medium bodied red will go with this such as a Shiraz or a Merlot.
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