Great burger recipe needed

[GLENRED]

Hi guys want to make some good burgers for the weekend, anyone got a good recipe please.

[grumbledoak]

I've only just made them...

500g beef mince (20%)
1 egg
1 medium onion (ish), softened in a frying pan with a little grated garlic
Some breadcrumbs

Mixed up, adding the breadcrumbs until it seemed to 'gel'.
Make tennis-ball sized balls.
Push a hole, insert 1cm (ish) square of blue cheese, wrap around.
Flatten. A bit.

This made six good-sized burgers. Two of them will be lunch tomorrow. Will let you know!

[bridgdav]

There was an Article in the Mail on Sunday supplement a couple of weeks ago...!

I haven't tried them yet, but there was 7 recipes from 7 top chefs..

Linky:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/food/article-119...

They should give you some ideas.

[escargot]

Keep it simple.

My stock burger recipe is:

1lb of fatty mince
couple of pinches of salt & pepper
1 egg
couple of pinches of barbecue seasoning

Give it all a good old mix and leave it to bind for a while.

Fry/griddle/bbq for however long it needs depending on how you like it.

This makes four medium burgers or two big boys.

Job done.

[Dibble]

I always think less is definitely more when it comes to burgers.

Good steak mince does work well, but I try and leave out as much of the other stuff as possible, and add flavour by the additions when the burgers are done.

[mattley]

I struggle with the whole idea of home made burgers. Burgers are great when out and about but are junk food however nicely made.

Except for minty lamb burgers of course which are utterly brilliant.

Make minty lamb burgers.

[juice]

Yep - they are junk, but done right...Soooo good.

I normally go for 80/20 mince 1 egg and salt and pepper.

Am gonna try making the mince up, freezing for an hour then trying a low and slow smoke with them soon, just to see what happens...

Edited by juice on Thursday 23 July 22:46

[Wadeski]

buy chopped steak.
salt and pepper the mince.
rub olive oil on your hands.
make burgers.

grill them.

thats it.

[escargot]

mattley said:

Burgers are great when out and about but are junk food however nicely made.

I'd disagree with that. Personally I think a good homemade burger using quality mince is an excellent meal.

[scorp]

grumbledoak said:

I've only just made them...

500g beef mince (20%)
1 egg
1 medium onion (ish), softened in a frying pan with a little grated garlic
Some breadcrumbs

Mixed up, adding the breadcrumbs until it seemed to 'gel'.
Make tennis-ball sized balls.
Push a hole, insert 1cm (ish) square of blue cheese, wrap around.
Flatten. A bit.

This made six good-sized burgers. Two of them will be lunch tomorrow. Will let you know!

Good recipe, i use half an egg if i can for that amount of beef, with 1/2 cup of breadcrumbs, adding 2-3tbsp of warm chicken stock (apparently crumbled cracker biscuits are ok too)

Edited by scorp on Friday 24th July 08:11

[BigJonMcQuimm]

Personally I like to add a little pork mince in with the beef. Normally 3:1 minceork

A teaspoon of English Mustuard,a good shake of worcesthire sauce, squeeze of ketchup, flat leaf parsley, half a finely chopped onion, salt and pepper.

Yummy

[Nefarious]

Buy chump steaks and mince them yourself, maybe with a little bit of pork fat if they're a bit lean.

The Heston method is to get a friend to help with the mincing process so you keep all the individual strands of mince pointing in the same direction, wrap the resultant "sausage" in cling-film, and then slice through for your burgers (never tried that though)

Worcestershire sauce is an absolute must, but a teaspoon of mustard powder and a little bit of spicy chutney can also be very nice.

Controversial suggestion, but try lightly poaching burgers in veal stock first, dry them and then griddle them just to give a bit of colour and caramalisation.

[Plotloss]

Proper mince, finely chopped red chillis and a good handful of chopped coriander.

[breamster]

I make mine similar to the above recipes - no idea about quantities as I always just make it up.

Paprika, fresh chilli and lime or lemon zest really give it a zing.

Fresh breadcrumbs make them lighter. Must be fresh bread whizzed in a food processor though - breadcrumbs from the supermarket are awful.

I find if you make them up several hours before you actually need them and keep the burgers in the fridge they hold together better. Not such an issue in the kitchen but good idea for a bbq.

Blue cheese idea sounds good!!

[grumbledoak]

Woohoo!


No burger buns to hand, and the shop only had some really crap ones, so mini baguettes it had to be!

[Bullett]

Good beef mince. Salt, Pepper, smoked paprika well mixed, formed into patties then put in the fridge for about 30 minutes.

Lamb I miss out the paprika and put in rosemary and garlic

Pork I use chillis and lime.

Never meeded any binding agents it's the fridge time that keeps them together.

[Stu R]

use the search. There was a great thread on here last year (i think) with some cracking burger recipes shared

[M.J.S]

Plotloss said:

Proper mince, finely chopped red chillis and a good handful of chopped coriander.

Just add a finely chopped onion, bit of egg and a few breadcrumbs and you have a cracking burger