{"id":1941,"date":"2013-09-22T07:56:40","date_gmt":"2013-09-22T12:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/?p=1941"},"modified":"2013-09-22T07:56:40","modified_gmt":"2013-09-22T12:56:40","slug":"pork-leaves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/?p=1941","title":{"rendered":"Pork &#038; Leaves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Pork-Leaves.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1933\" alt=\"Pork &amp; Leaves\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Pork-Leaves-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Pork-Leaves-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Pork-Leaves-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Pork-Leaves.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>OK, so as as much as I put some colourful vegetables on the plate and called it &#8220;Pork &amp; Leaves&#8221; this is really just a successful two-part burger experiment. Part one wasn&#8217;t much of a stretch as it was simply using spice rub ingredients as the seasoning in the burger. The second part was the real experiment. I heard part of a CBC Radio interview with what I think was a food scientist and &#8220;burger expert&#8221;. She mentioned using lentil flour as a binder to keep burgers exceptionally moist. I could&#8217;t find lentil flour at my usual stores, so I put some dried lentils in the spice grinder and ground them to powder. When mixed into the the burger meat along with the seasonings, the lentil flour didn&#8217;t impart any flavour, though it did exactly what it was supposed to do and that&#8217;s keep more moisture in the meat. I only used two teaspoons, though will bump it up to a full tablespoon next time.<\/p>\n<p>Make this burger, or the next time you mix up your own favourite burger, add some lentil flour. It&#8217;ll become a valuable part of your BBQ arsenal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Time: 30 minutes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Serves: 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<address>1 pound lean ground pork<\/address>\n<address>1 tablespoon lentil flour<\/address>\n<address>1 \u00bd teaspoon kosher salt<\/address>\n<address>1 teaspoon very finely ground espresso<\/address>\n<address>1 teaspoon chili powder<\/address>\n<address>\u00bd teaspoon onion powder<\/address>\n<address>\u00bd teaspoon garlic powder<\/address>\n<address>\u00bd teaspoon paprika<\/address>\n<address>\u00bc teaspoon ground cumin<\/address>\n<address>\u215b teaspoon ground oregano<\/address>\n<address>\u215b teaspoon fresh ground black pepper<\/address>\n<address>Lettuce leaves<\/address>\n<address>Tomato slices<\/address>\n<address>Red onion slices<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<p><strong>Preparation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Preheat your BBQ grill on medium.<\/p>\n<p>Place the pork, flour, salt, espresso, chili, onion powder, garlic powder, paprika, cumin, oregano and pepper in a bowl. Mix with your hands until just evenly combined.<\/p>\n<p>Form the meat mixture into four patties.<\/p>\n<p>Grill for two minutes on each side or until cooked through.<\/p>\n<p>Plate the burgers with the lettuce, tomatoes and onion slices.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Pork-Leaves.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Get the PDF and nutrition info<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OK, so as as much as I put some colourful vegetables on the plate and called it &#8220;Pork &amp; Leaves&#8221; this is really just a&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1933,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,14,10],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Pork-Leaves.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1941"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1945,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941\/revisions\/1945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}