Sizzle Up Your Summer Menus with Karas Burger Buns

Burgers are set to remain one of the nation’s favorite dishes* this year, and customers are continuing to seek more unique offering than a traditional cheeseburger. As consumers continue to demand more creative menu listings, chefs are now dressing burgers with adventurous flavour profiles, adding spicy salsas and pouring gooey cheeses to make burger cheesebombs. Not only this, but chefs are now experimenting with alternative cooking techniques in the kitchen to enhance the burgers flavour profile. Over the summer period, loaded burgers are set to delight the taste buds once more, read Kara’s top summer burger trends which are set to cause a sizzle this summer.

GO ALFRESCO

As a nation, we now appreciate the great outdoors now more than ever before. Alfresco dining is one of the many lasting impressions of the pandemic and has become the safest way to eat out and socialise. With many restaurants having to adapt their business models and invest in their outdoor spacing to allow them to reopen in 2021, we expect vendors to put their investments to use this summer season and expect to see further growth from roof top balconies, beer gardens and car park pop-ups. Big Hospitality found that 79% of UK diners would increase their dwell time in a restaurant if they could dine outdoors*, operators should seize the opportunity for customers to dine outside this summer, with their burgers to hand.

FIRE IT UP

As all year-round al fresco dining is becoming more popular, it is no surprise that cooks are getting ever more creative in the fire cooking sphere - from experimenting with types of wood and smoke (olive, chestnut, hickory, maple, oak and more) to layering ‘fire flavours’ over each other (think charred steak with blistered tomatoes and smoked hollandaise); and embracing global grill techniques (e.g. Japanese, Korean and Thai BBQ) to fire cooking desserts. These trends are translating to burgers, as we are seeing applewood, hickory and chipotle hitting menus.

HAWAII & SPICY

Taken from the street food trend, Hawaiian food is an emerging cuisine this year which is set to peak over the summer period. Driven by the growing popularity of poke bowls and interest in healthy ‘clean’ eating, customers are also looking to be more adventurous with spicy sauces on their burgers but with a balance of sweet garnish such as pineapple to help cleanse the pallet. Kara recommends serving a hot and spicy chicken burger, in our brioche bun, topped with crispy bacon, peppers, a sticky pineapple and jalapeno sauce and a grilled pineapple garnish on the side.

BEST OF THE BUNS

For a burger to thrive its foundations needs to be right, the carrier is the most important element of any burger. All Karas Gourmet Buns have a soft, sweet buttery flavour and strong texture allowing them to hold up against any succulent juices that may run once a loaded burger has been bitten into, making them a diverse bun capable of adopting to any style of burger whether it’s a piled high traditional British bacon blue to an in-vogue tex mex burger. Kara has a full range of both vegan and none vegan brioche buns in their range, allowing all customers to enjoy a burger in the sun regardless of their dietary requirements.

All Kara burger carriers are frozen straight from the oven, locking in the freshness from the moment they are baked, and the Gourmet range is no exception. Kara offers vendors consistency in size, quality and taste ensuring a great burger experience to customers every time. With brioche sales set to soar over summer, Kara has a full array of brioche to meet demand and burger expectations.

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