Burger recipe
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Mr Pies

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8,992 posts

215 months

Saturday 10th March 2012
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The search is broken as usual.

So I was just wondering which burger recipe you all use for the best results?

anonymous-user

82 months

Saturday 10th March 2012
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Get a mincer and make your own and working to 80/20 meat to fat is a good starter, using sirloin. Try some different ratios with salt,pepper and I add a little mace. For ultimate burger, try kobe beef.

Zaxxon

4,057 posts

188 months

Saturday 10th March 2012
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I found mincing your own beef to be too much of a pain in the ass.

Just buy fatty mince and mix it with your hands, squeezing it together.

I add salt and pepper, some soy sauce, finely chopped spring onions, bourbon and then put a small a,ount of brie inside the mince ball before shaping into a patty, try to make the patty thin if possible as it will cook better.

Stu R

21,621 posts

243 months

Saturday 10th March 2012
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Worth searching, there's a massive thread from a while back lurking with some great recipes in.

One tip I've picked up from Heston et al that works a treat is making a 'tube' by rolling your mix up in cling-film. Then just slice it and hey presto. smile

TheFungle

4,252 posts

234 months

Saturday 10th March 2012
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A burger is the one thing which I just can't make 'better' at home, therefore here the descriptions from my top 3 burger experiences' biggrin

1.) Kobe Beef & Foie Gras burger - Barracuda Resaurant, Bermuda. An absolute taste sensation.

2.)Chilli Cheeseburger - Stripburger, Vegas. Standard burger with pepperjack cheese and padrone chillis. Delicious!

3.) Prime British chuck & flank steak with fontina, crispy mortadella, sticky balsamic onions, tomato, pickles & chillies. Jamie's Italian - Leeds. Was surprised just how tasty this was, there was an 'extra' taste in there which made it super tasty, I'm guessing it was the fontina.

Not quite what you were looking for but hopefully some sort of inspiration!

anonymous-user

82 months

Saturday 10th March 2012
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Zaxxon said:
I found mincing your own beef to be too much of a pain in the ass.
Really i found it no harder than making a smoothy. I like to mix rump and sirloin with beef fat.

APanda

1,391 posts

175 months

Saturday 10th March 2012
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Done a bit of trial and error with my burger recipe but this is the tastiest so far:

• Packet fatty beef mince (can substitute for pork if you fancy)
• 1 Egg
• 1 large onion really finely chopped
• fresh parsley
• 2x large garlic gloves, finely chopped
• plenty of salt and pepper
• few dashes of Henderson's Relish – don't think you can buy this outside sheffield, but worcester sauce is similar
• Smoked paprika
• tiny bit of cumin
• 1 mild chilli, chopped

Mix together and make into burgers *The important thing is to leave them for a long time to let the flavour develop* I make mine in the morning and eat at night

Mr Pies

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8,992 posts

215 months

Saturday 10th March 2012
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Damn it with the fatty mince! I got the 10% lean stuff frown

APanda

1,391 posts

175 months

Saturday 10th March 2012
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Mr Pies said:
Damn it with the fatty mince! I got the 10% lean stuff frown
Lean is still really nice, just tends to be slightly milder on meat flavour and drier once cooked.

Zaxxon

4,057 posts

188 months

Saturday 10th March 2012
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Mr Pies said:
Damn it with the fatty mince! I got the 10% lean stuff frown
Mix in a bit of butter?

Stu R

21,621 posts

243 months

Saturday 10th March 2012
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If it's lean, just cook it at a slightly lower temp and put a drop of sunflower oil in the mix. Still not as good as using a slightly fattier mince but saves it from drying out.

80/20 chuck is perfect for burgers btw.

0a

24,132 posts

222 months

Saturday 10th March 2012
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Nom nom - The Great PH Burger Off and Burgers! are good threads I've nicked ideas from before...

Have we decided that summer is coming up then?!

jmorgan

36,010 posts

312 months

Saturday 10th March 2012
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Pound of mince, chopped fresh coriander, shallot, some chillie. Make burgers and stuff some cheese in the middle.

Edit. The local butchers will do minced steak and I avoid supermarket mince.

Edited by jmorgan on Saturday 10th March 19:37

jas xjr

11,309 posts

267 months

Saturday 10th March 2012
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We made some lamb burgers a couple of days ago . We had the butcher
Mince a joint for us . So no nasties in the mince , hopefully

Stu R

21,621 posts

243 months

Saturday 10th March 2012
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0a said:
Nom nom - The Great PH Burger Off and Burgers! are good threads I've nicked ideas from before...

Have we decided that summer is coming up then?!
Certainly not. I can guarantee there'll be snow, wind, floods, and 200mph winds tomorrow. I know this to be fact as I'm firing up the BBQ smile

HereBeMonsters

14,180 posts

210 months

Sunday 11th March 2012
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If you can only get lean mince, whack in 20-40% of pork mince to go with it. Seriously. Do it. You won't go back.

Toaster Pilot

14,853 posts

186 months

Sunday 11th March 2012
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So is this one of the things where using the scummy Tesco Value mince actually has a place?

jmorgan

36,010 posts

312 months

Sunday 11th March 2012
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Personally, no, never. I usually find supermarket meat has more "liquid" in it. Burgers fall apart on the BBQ with the amount of "liquid" boiling off.


If I have to buy supermarket mince it goes in spaghetti etc.

Bob the Planner

4,695 posts

297 months

Sunday 11th March 2012
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0a said:
Nom nom - The Great PH Burger Off and Burgers! are good threads I've nicked ideas from before...

Have we decided that summer is coming up then?!
No - just coming into Autumn. Temps dropping but still got the outdoor gas grill in operation.

Mobile Chicane

21,975 posts

240 months

Sunday 11th March 2012
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I mince my own meat. That way I know I'm not getting lips and aholes!

It really isn't any hassle and has the advantage that if you want to add eg. onion, garlic, chilli, lemongrass, fresh herbs etc, you can just bung these through the mincer as well.

The trick is to get an old-fashioned cast iron mincer, keep it well-oiled and put a bread crust through at the start to clean off the oil.