#courgette chips

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Things I have been cooking lately #86: Lamb burgers with courgette "chips"

Things I have been cooking lately #86: Lamb burgers with courgette “chips”

Sometimes all you feel like is a really good burger. These super juicy, super tasty lamb burgers would be great grilled, fried or on the braai (BBQ) and the courgette fries are a healthy alternative to fries.

Lamb burgers with courgette chips

Adapted from Accounting For Taste

For the burger

400g lamb mince 1/2 teaspoon of salt 2 teaspoons of garlic powder 1/2 a red onion, finely chopped 2…

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Zucchini fries/courgette chips

Baby marrows are zucchini in Italian and courgettes in French. They are fairly bland, but like potatoes, respond well to deep frying. You'd expect from the picture – and from the crunchy taste – that these vegetable sticks are deep fried. They're not. They're cooked in the oven and are really simple to bake: a great 'nibble' with drinks. The recipe comes from Tracey's Culinary Adventures (click on the picture for the details.)

A word here about improvisation: unless you are baking a cake where the balance and quantities of the ingredients is crucial to success, with almost everything else you can substitute an ingredient in the recipe that you don't have, for something else you can lay your hands on. So if you have no Japanese Panko crumbs, use matzo meal (from a Jewish deli) or crisp breadcrumbs instead. If you don't have garlic powder – leave it out, or crush up a fresh clove. Cooking is all about what you have and what you can make from it, so don't be scared to adapt and experiment.