Veal sliders on a skewer
Beer & Burger Challenge June 2012
College: Vaughan Campus Student Name: Beth A. James
I wanted to submit something that would look a little different so why not turn it on its side. I wanted something that would appeal to the masses, yet look inventive and original without complication.
Veal Burger
- Ingredients
- 3 oz ground veal 85 g
- 1 oz 28 g diced shallots
- 1 oz 28 g butter
- 0.5 oz 14 g chopped sage
- 1 oz 28 g chopped prosciutto
- 0.5 oz 14 g diced shiitake mushrooms
- 1 clove of garlic small dice
- salt and pepper to taste
- o.5 oz 14 g bread crumbs (or substitute buckwheat flour)
- 1 egg
– Directions
- Sweat shallots in butter, add sage, prosciutto, garlic and shiitake mushrooms and saute.
- Remove from heat to cool.
- In separate bowl place veal, egg, bread crumbs and salt and pepper and combine.
- Then add in cooled shallot mixture and combine.
- Form 2 1 oz patties.
- Grill.
Bun – Light rye bread dipped in beer batter.
(for this competition we have made the rye bread, but the average consumer may certainly purchase rye bread and use a cookie cutter to speed things up)
- Ingredients
- 12 oz 350 g water
- .75 oz 22 g yeast (fresh)
- 8 oz 250 g light rye flour
- 0.4 oz 12 g salt
- 0.5 oz 15 g shortening
- 0.5 oz 15 g molasses
- 0.25 oz 8 g rye flour
- Directions – straight dough method
- 5 to 6 minutes at second speed
- Fermentation 1.5 hours at 80 degrees F or 27 degrees C
- makeup
- baking 400 F or 200 C steam for the first 10 minutes
- cool
- slice
- Use a 1.5 inch cookie cutter to cut out rounds.
Beer batter for rye rounds
-Ingredients
- 1 cup 237 ml Steam Whistle beer
- 3/4 Cup 170 g all purpose flour
- 3 hops pellets
- 1.5 oz 40 ml warm water
-Directions
- Dissolve hops in warm water
- Combine beer, flour and dissolved hops to make a lump free batter.
- Dip rye rounds into batter to coat
- In saute pan, heat butter, fry rye rounds both sides
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