Hereford Bearnaise
The chain’s most popular burger, and the most Danish: an Irish Hereford beef patty with creamy béarnaise mayo, cheddar, pepper bacon and soft fried onions, plus lettuce, onion and pickles. It eats like a Scandinavian steak dinner in a bun, rich and savoury. If you only try one burger here, make it this one.
The story
Béarnaise is French, named after the Béarn province that King Henry IV came from. The usual story credits the chef Jean-Louis-François Collinet, who is said to have created it for the opening in 1836 of the Pavillon Henri IV, a restaurant in the king’s former residence at Saint-Germain-en-Laye. Like hollandaise it is an emulsion of butter and egg yolk, flavoured with shallot, tarragon and pepper. In the late twentieth century it became a staple across the Nordic countries, served with steak and fries and even on pizza, which is why a Danish chain puts it on its best-selling burger.
What’s inside
Make it at home
There is no copycat of the Hereford Bearnaise yet. Until there is, these recipes on the site come closest to it, judged by what goes into the bun.
- Shares beef, bacon, crispy onions and cooked onions
Fat Mimolette Bacon & Fried Onion Burger - Shares beef, bacon, crispy onions and cooked onions
Viral Bacon Spiral Burger - Shares beef, bacon, crispy onions and cooked onions
Onion Bomb Burger - Shares beef, bacon and cheese
TOP 3McDonald's Big Tasty (Copycat)
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About Sunset Boulevard
Jeppe Droob opened the first Sunset Boulevard in Odense in 1996 as a sandwich shop. He comes from a West Jutland retail family; his father Keld founded the Dansk Discount supermarkets, later Fakta. The chain started out selling itself on lightness, with the slogan “fedtfattig på den fede måde”, roughly “low-fat in a fat way”, until the Danish food authority ordered it dropped in 2008. Over time the menu tipped from sandwiches to burgers, though sandwiches are still there.
About 50 restaurants across Denmark, plus three in Greenland and one each in the Faroe Islands and Germany.
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