Burger

Ingredients:

1kg of Minced Beef

2 small onions, peeled and grated

1 bunch of fresh chopped parsley

Salt and freshly ground pepper

1-2 tsp Tabasco sauce

2-4 tbs of sunflower or olive oil

6 burger buns, to serve

Fillings of your choice, lettuce, onions, tomatoes and cheese often find their way in to our burgers.

Method of making the perfect burger (recipe)

Place the minced beef in a bowl with the chopped onion. Add parsley, salt and pepper, and the Tabasco and mix together lightly with your hands until everything is thoroughly combined.

Form the mixture into six large burgers, using wet hands to prevent the mixture sticking. Ideally, chill the burgers for at least 30 minutes before grilling. This will allow the meat to firm and helps it to stay together when cooking.

Line the grill pan with foil and preheat the grill for about five minutes before cooking. Brush the burgers with oil on one side. Lay them, oiled-side down, on the grill and brush the tops with oil.

Grill, about 10cm from the heat, for about two to three minutes on each side for rare burgers, four to five minutes for medium, and six minutes for well done.

Add your chosen toppings to your burger

A good quality ketchup makes all the difference, we like to use Tracklements Proper Ketchup, it’s hands down our favourite.

Mustard, depending on your taste what to use, whether a dijon or english, we love both but a nice dollop really kicks the burger in to a new dimension.

A tip on burger buns:

There is nothing worse than a soggy bun that sticks to the burger. So we would suggest hunting out a brioche burger bun made with cream, egg and butter. They hold everything together much better than ordinary burger buns. Either heat them in the oven for 5 minutes or toast them under the grille.