1 Season venison mince well with salt and pepper. Squash in small cubes of soft butter (your hands are best for this). The venison is so lean it needs a little help to keep it moist. You can add an egg to bind the mix but you probably won't need
Recipe: Venison burgers
By Grant Allen
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Venison burgers. Photo / Doug Sherring
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6 Seal the patties and cook the eggplant slices on the barbecue.
7 Finish cooking the patties in the oven or wrap in tinfoil to keep moist and sit to the side of the grill.
8 Slice a bun or bap. Spread with mayonnaise. Stack with red leaves, a slice of eggplant, the red cabbage and the venison patty. Enliven this red feast with a generous amount of freshly chopped parsley.