Some of London's best burger joints have created special burgers for the season (a fair bit of turkey is involved). Here are the best Christmas burgers you can find this year...
Burger & Beyond's Christmas Burger
Shoreditch, Soho, Borough Yards
The Burger & Beyond Christmas burger is a beast featuring a woodland turkey & sage patty, Norfolk free-range pork meat patty, deep fried double-breaded brie, Xmas slaw, double American cheese and cranberry butter. And if that's not enough, it also comes with a pot of bone marrow gravy.
Black Bear's beef & gravy Burger
Camden, Brixton, Clerkenwell and Market Halls
This year's Black Bear Christmas burger is the Beef & Gravy, which features dry-aged beef, cheese, bacon & gherkin relish, peppercorn gravy, fried sage & crispy shallots and garlic mayo. It's essentially a beef version of a Christmas lunch in a bun.
Tur-duck-en Burger at Blues Kitchen
Shoreditch, Brixton and Camden
This year sees the return of Blues Kitchen's popular seasonal burger, the Tur-duck-en. That main burger is a duck leg cured with orange, cinnamon, pink peppercorns and salt, which is then confit and shredded. Next it's encased in chicken and turkey mince, then wrapped in chicken skin and fried. Added to that is brie, cranberry sauce, crispy bacon, spinach and shallot mayo.
The Truffle Burger Boxing Day sandwich
Soho, South Bank, Marylebone, West Hampstead
As the name suggests, Truffle's burger is inspired by Boxing Day leftovers. Inside a brioche bun, you'll find fried buttermilk turkey breast coated with sage and onion stuffing, honey mustard brussels sprout slaw and cranberry ketchup. And it's all finished with their signature truffle gravy mayonnaise.
The XXXmas Banger by Bangers
Shoreditch - 5 Leonard Circus, EC2A 4DQ
A new addition to Shoreditch this year, Bangers might be best known for their breakfast buns but they're throwing their hat into the ring on the Christmas burger front too. This brioche bun contains a turkey, bacon and stuffing sausage patty, topped with a goose-fat ‘roastie’, pickled sprouts, crispy onion slaw and cranberry mayo. It'll also come with a gravy pot for dunking. Available until 22 December.
The Camembert Burger by Honest
Various locations across London
This year, Honest's festive special is The Camembert Burger Your Way. That last part means that you can either go for a beef, chicken or vegan version of the burger. As well as the patty, there's deep-fried camembert, bacon, cranberry sauce, and rocket (with "Shamembert" as the vegan option).
Patty & Bun's Cheesus, the remix
Various locations across London
Patty & Bun's Cheesus burger is another festive burger making a comeback, and as that "remix" addition indicates, has been given a twist this year. It's an aged beef patty with beef brisket, steak butter, ogleshield, gouda, aioli and cucumber pickles.
The Sleigher at The Collab
Walthamstow - 198 Hoe Street, London E17 4BF
The Collab in Walthamstow is another place looking to transplant an entire Christmas dinner into a burger. Their Sleigher features a crispy turkey schnitzel, Brussels sprout kimchi, Camembert and Champagne fondue and cranberry in a brioche bun. Plus there's a little something on the side - a stuffing ball and pigs-in-blankets skewer.
Santa's Little Gobbler from MEATliquor
Various locations across London
There's a special XXXmas menu every year at MEATliquor, and the main event is always their burger. It features fried turkey, red-eye mayo, sprout slaw and a kick of cranberry hot sauce on top. Match it up with a serving of their pigs in blankets with mustard BBQ sauce.
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