
Historical recipes: Ancient Roman homemade burger – learn how to make
Serves 10
Difficulty 3/10
Total time:
Our Roman forebears were flipping burgers as early as 1,500 years ago. Try your hand at making a tasty homemade burger using this authentic historic recipe
Skip to ingredients
- 500g minced beef
- 60g pine kernels
- 3tbsp garum (or other fish-based sauce)
- a handful of Juniper berries
- Ground pepper
- a handful of Fresh coriander
- Caul fat
- Flat bread buns
Method
step 1
Grind up the pine kernels and then mix in a bowl with the minced beef and all other ingredients.
step 2
Shape the mixture into four individual burger patties and wrap each one in caul fat if preferred.
step 3
Fry the patties with oil in a pan on a medium heat for 10 minutes, turning regularly, before serving plain or in a bun.