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Had a great little bite once with figs and goat cheese and lavender but I usually enjoy it with melon. Not draped or wrapped or anything fussy, just served together on the same plate.

rye and mustard

Rye bread and mustard

Made a few adjustments. I started with grocery store pre-ground turkey, which I find to be too readily available and affordable to ignore. Next, I cubed and microwaved the eggplant with just a drizzle of olive oil, substituted miso paste for the marmite (I had miso on hand from earlier experiments to make ground turkey palatable), and backed off a bit on the soy sauce. I was afraid the 1-2 punch of both miso and soy sauce would give too strong a soy flavor. Fried the burger with a little oil in a non-stick skillet to an internal temperature of 180F.

No soy, eggplant, or anchovy was detectible - just juicy and well flavored turkey.

It was delicious!

Thanks for the research. Eggplant and anchovy! Who knew?

A holiday party for 80 in my 1-bedroom apartment. We pushed the furniture to the wall, rented a rack for coats (we were having a wet Chicago winter) and cooked for days in prep. It was a smash hit!