French Burgers with Avocado Sauce

Total time: 20 minutes
     Tarragon, parsley and capers give a 'French' flare to these burgers.  The Avocado Sauce is a nice switch from ketchup, or other 'red' sauce and works perfectly with the tart capers.  The Avocado Sauce is also great as a pasta sauce.

 Ingredients:

• 12oz ground beef (mince), 350gr, 12.3oz
• 1 tbs snipped fresh tarragon  substitute 1 tsp dried
• 1 tbs snipped fresh chives, substitute 1 tsp dried
• 1 tbs snipped fresh parsley, substitute 1 tsp dried
• 2 tbs capers, 17.2gr, .6oz
• 2 tbs dry bread crumbs, 14gr, .5oz
• 3 tbs white wine, 45gr, 1.5oz
• 1 tsp capers, 3gr, .1oz

 Instructions:

• Snip herbs. 
• Chop capers if large, otherwise leave whole. 
• In medium bowl mix herbs, bread crumbs, capers and wine. 
• Add beef and mix well - hands work best.  Shape into 4 patties. 
• Sauté in a nonstick skillet for 4 - 6 minutes a side, depending on how you like them done.
• OR cook on barbecue grill for the same amount of time - until done to your liking.  Use a grill basket or pan. 
• Serve with large dollop of Avocado Sauce and garnish with remaining capers.  (or serve on buns if you like)

Note: If using dried herbs add another 1 tsp white wine

Avocado Sauce

 Ingredients:

• 1 ripe avocado, 162gr, 5.7oz
• 1 tsp lemon juice, 5gr, .17oz
• 3 tbs Greek or plain yogurt, 56gr, 2oz
• 1 tsp snipped fresh tarragon  substitute 1/2 tsp dried

 Instructions:

• Remove avocado from shell and put into a medium bowl. 
• Add lemon juice and mash with a fork. Then take a whisk and whisk until fluffy. 
• Whisk in yogurt and tarragon.  Serve over French Burgers.

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Nutrition Information     Avocado Sauce Recipe serves 2            Entire Recipe / per serving Calories:   330 / 165 Total Carbohydrates:  20 / 10           Dietary Fiber:  11 / 5.5 Total Fat:  30 / 15          Saturated Fat:  7 / 3.5 Cholesterol:  11 / 5.5 Protein: 4 / 2 Calcium:  104 / 52 Sodium:  1 / .5

Nutrition Information   Burgers with Sauce Recipe serves 2             Entire Recipe / per serving Calories:  1172 / 586 Total Carbohydrates:  32 / 16           Dietary Fiber: 12 / 6 Total Fat: 84 / 42          Saturated Fat: 28 / 14 Cholesterol:  249 / 124.5 Protein:  70 / 35 Calcium:  192 / 96 Sodium:  822 / 411

General Technical Details and Disclaimer:

Measurements are actual measurements used for calculation. If there are no values the nutritional numbers were simply too small.

I try to be accurate, but I do not guarantee it.  I use 'grams' as the unit of weight; with an approximate conversion to ounces.

My information comes from my own digital, computerized scale and the USDA Nutrient Data Library: http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/