Perfect Burgers

ByIan Callaghan

Perfect Burgers

With the amazing weather and time on our hands why not make your own perfect burgers. Everybody loves a good burger and with an early BBQ season on us and all being at home, there is not a better time to make your own perfect burgers. All the fast-food chains are shut so create your own burgers at home, get the kids to help with making them. These are my perfect burgers, you can mix it up, add blue cheese, chilli, different herbs and spices. Try lamb or pork, lamb, mint and feta are a great alternative to the beef burger, pork apple and sage. Like I say your burger your choice, let the imagination run wild, and remember cooking should be fun if the kids want to add tomato sauce into the mix crack on.

Recipe type: Main

Prep time: 15 mins

Cook time: 10 mins

Total time: 25 mins

Serves: 6

My Perfect Burgers

Ingredients
  • 500g Minced Beef
  • 100g Cheese (I prefer Cheddar feel free to experiment)
  • 2 cloves crushed Garlic
  • 1 small red onion or shallot finely diced
  • 2tsp English Mustard
  • 1.5 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • Herbs of choice, my preference is Thyme and Parsley, like with the cheese feel free to experiment with your favorites

Instructions

  1. In a large bowl mix the herbs, mustard, Worcester sauce, garlic and onion together.
  2. Add the meat and your choice of cheese season well and combine until all mixed well together.
  3. Form into six burgers and place in the fridge to chill, this helps them retain their shape when cooking.
  4. If cooking on the BBQ lightly oil the grill and over a medium heat cook for 4-5 minutes on each side keeping them pink and moist in the centre.
perfect burgers

If I do serve on a roll it is my potato bread rolls, I will be adding the recipe for them in another post.

I often do what I call naked burgers without bread, using things like sliced and griddled aubergine or a portobello mushroom as the base and top.

naked burger
Naked Burger

How you dress your burger is your choice and limited only by your imagination, be it bacon, pulled pork, pickles and cheeses, your burgers your choice.

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