Super Tuscan Burgers and Potato Salad with Capers and Celery

Rachael Ray

Recipe courtesy Rachael Ray

Show: 30 Minute MealsEpisode: Keeping It Real

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Total Time:
40 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
25 min
Yield:
4 servings
Level:
Easy
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Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 pounds small waxy potatoes, quartered or halved, depending on size
  • Coarse salt
  • 3/4 pound ground pork
  • 3/4 pound ground veal
  • 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus 5 to 6 tablespoons, divided
  • 1/2 cup dry Italian red wine, divided
  • 1/4 medium yellow skinned onion, finely chopped
  • 3 tablespoons, 5 or 6 sprigs, chopped fresh sage leaves
  • 4 cloves garlic, chopped
  • Coarse black pepper
  • 1/2 pound cremini (baby portobello) mushrooms, sliced
  • 4 crusty rolls, split
  • 8 ounces Pecorino Romano, shaved with a vegetable peeler
  • 1 cup arugula leaves, 1/2 bunch, trimmed of stems
  • 3 tablespoons capers
  • 1 celery heart and greens, from the center of stalk, chopped
  • 1/2 medium red onion, finely chopped
  • 1 lemon, zested and juiced
  • 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar

Directions

Bring a medium pot of water to a boil while you dice potatoes. Add potatoes to boiling water and salt water liberally. Boil potatoes until tender, 12 to15 minutes.

While potatoes cook, prepare burgers. Combine pork and veal in a bowl with 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, 1/4 cup (eyeball it) red wine, onion, sage, garlic, salt and pepper then form 4 large patties.

Preheat a large nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Place the burgers into the skillet, leaving a space in the center of the pan to pile in mushrooms. Add sliced mushrooms to the skillet with burgers and add 2 tablespoons olive oil. Flip burgers after 6 minutes and toss the mushrooms around as they brown at the center of the skillet. After the mushrooms begin to brown, season them with salt and pepper. The color will be deeper and the mushrooms will remain firmer if you wait for them to brown before salting. Cook burgers 5 minutes on opposite side then remove them from the pan to roll bottoms on a serving plate. Place sliced cheese on burgers, then the hot mushrooms. Cover plate loosely with foil to slightly melt cheese. Add remaining 1/4 cup of wine to skillet and loosen drippings. Dip roll tops in pan drippings to soak them up. Pile arugula on each burger then set roll tops in place.

Drain potatoes and return them to the warm pot to dry them out. Take the pot over to your cutting board and add in capers, celery, onion, lemon zest and juice, red wine vinegar and 3 or 4 tablespoons of extra-virgin olive oil to pot. Toss to combine the salad, then season the salad with salt and pepper, to your taste. Transfer salad to a serving dish. Potato salad can be served warm or cold.

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  • on April 02, 2008

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    The burgers were absolutely delicious - the smells that filled the room as they were cooking was mouth watering. The only reason I gave four stars was the potato salad - it was good but not amazing.

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  • on April 01, 2008

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    I made this dish this evening for my husband and myself. Our grocer had packages of ground beef, pork and veal so I used that combination which was very good. We loved the flavor of the burger. The sage was just enough plus the combination of the crimini mushrooms, pecorino and arugula were just fantastic. I bought a ciabatta from the grocer that was a "take n' bake" so it came out of the oven about 5 mins before the burgers were done so it was still nice and warm too. The potato salad was served just slightly warm. The lemon zest and lemon juice was such a nice addition. It made the dish have a nice light, bright flavor. Definitely a keeper for the summer barbeques.

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  • on March 31, 2008

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    I made this recipe for a family gathering of 20. My family didn't stop raving about this dish! I had 3 requests for the recipe. My sister is famous for her mayo potato salad so I was a little worried about reaction but everyone loved it. All there is left to say is Delicious!

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