Wild game burger with campfire fries

Everyone loves a good burger. Done properly, it makes a great meal. Even Noma needs to make burgers. So of course we made the WOTW burger, which is wilder than wild.

The steak is made from minced venison with a little pork fat, to make it extra juicy. A soft, tasty brioche bun, spread with chipotle mayo, grilled onions, home-pickled cucumbers and buffalo mozzarella. Served with campfire fries and extra chipotle mayo. It really doesn't get better than that. C’mon!

Pickled cucumber

• 1 cucumber, thinly sliced
• 200 ml apple cider vinegar
• 75 g sugar
• 1 tsp. of salt
• 1 tsp. peppercorns
• 50 ml boiling water

Chipotle mayo

• 2 egg yolks
• 1 tbsp. chipotle in adobo sauce
• 150 ml sunflower oil
• 50 ml olive oil
• Salt and pepper
• The juice of one lime

Put egg yolks and chipotle in a bowl. Add the oil slowly, whisking as you go. Start with a drop at a time. When the mayo starts to come together, you can add more oil each time.

Season to taste with salt, pepper and lime.

Campfire fries

• 4 baking potatoes, peeled
• 1 L sunflower oil
• Flake salt

Put a cast iron pan with the oil in it in the embers of the fire. Cut the potatoes into 2 cm sticks.

When the oil is hot (180 degrees C), put the potatoes into the oil. Fry them until they are golden and crispy.

Let them drain on a piece of paper towel.

Burgers

• 700 g of freshly minced venison, plus 100 g of minced pork
• 4 brioche buns
• 1-2 pieces of buffalo mozzarella, depending on size
• A handful of tasty salad leaves, rinsed
• 1 red onion, cut into 1 cm slices

Divide the meat into 4 and form the patties. Season well with salt and pepper and place them on a super hot grill, together with the onions. When the onions have grill marks, turn them over and grill on the other side. Set aside.

Grill the burgers for 3-4 minutes and then turn them over. Cut the mozzarella into 1 cm slices and place on top of the burgers.

Grill the brioche buns for one minute on each side. Spread the buns with chipotle mayo. Put some salad on the bottom bun and place the burger on top. Top with onion rings and pickled cucumbers, and add the top bun.

Serve with campfire fries and extra chipotle mayo. It doesn't get any wilder!