Turkey burgers

You need to add some moisture to the minced meat, mayonnaise, yoghurt,mushrooms or cream cheese are good additions. Use thigh meat rather than breast.

DH is the chef here. He maintains that handling the Turkey meat a lot "stresses" it and it loses moisture. So don't pat it and squash it too much, also resist turning it over constantly in the pan and flattening it with the spatula.

Turkey is a lean meat and it is the fat in meat which gives it the flavour. Look at lamb for instance- shoulder of lamb is fattier than leg, but has a sweeter favour. Or compare chicken thighs (flavour especially with the skin on) with lean breast - dry and flavourless once the skin has been removed.

I go vegetarian those days I don’t eat proper meat. There’s no texture or flavour in the slimming options or soya,

Thanks everyone

The secret to a good homemade burger is to purée the onion first and use this to bind, never use breadcrumbs.
Purée the onion then blitz a red chilli, ginger, cumin, garlic and fresh coriander add a squeeze of lime if you have it, this activates the spice.
Mix well with your hands, shape an allow to sit in the fridge a while.
Fry either side for a couple of minutes then bake in the oven..

Great turkey burger tips, thank you!