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Hamburgers

Name: Hamburgers
Prep time: 29 min
Cook time: 4 min
Total time: 33 min
Yield: 6 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 500 g minced beef; 2 onions; 1 shallot; 1 egg; 1 tablespoon flour; 6 hamburgers buns; 12 slices cheese; 12 slices belly (streaky) bacon; Mustard; 2 tomatoes; Fine (or table) salt; Pepper

Hamburgers don't have to be the greasy flabby things you find in fast-food outlets, well-made they can be excellent. It's a very convivial recipe as everything goes on the table, and everyone assembles their own burger according to personal taste.

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Duration

35 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: December 6^th 2015

Step by step recipe Ingredients Duration Nutritional facts Cost Comments

For 6 people, you will need:

1 500 g minced beef
2 2 onions
3 1 shallot
4 1 egg
5 1 tablespoon flour
6 6 hamburgers buns
7 12 slices cheese
8 12 slices belly (streaky) bacon
9 Mustard
10 2 tomatoes
11 Fine (or table) salt
12 Pepper
Total weight: 2,490 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

30 min.

Cooking

4 min.

All in all

35 min.

Preparation 30 min.

Cooking 4 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 5 min.

In a bowl mix 500 g minced beef, 1 egg, 2 onions and 1 shallot chopped.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 2 min.

Salt and pepper, add 1 tablespoon flour and mix again.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 20 min.

With this mix, form flat rounds of 10 cm or 4 inches diameter and ½ cm or ¼ inch thick.

The best way is to use circles of greaseproof paper of the same diameter to put under the meat.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 4 min.

Cook meat rounds on barbecue or in a frying-pan with a lttle oil.

Meanwhile split the buns and toast lightly on the inside, using a toaster or the barbecue.

Stage 5

Assemble hamburgers: onto each half bun put (for example) mustard, slice of tomato, salad, meat, cheese, gherkins, bacon, onion rings, etc.

Then put the two halves together, and enjoy!

Stage 6 - ⌛ 2 min.

Make hamburgers: on each half buns put (for example) mustard, tomato slice, pickled gherkins, salad, meat, onion slices, etc.

Then put together the two parts, and enjoy it.

Remarks

You can make a shallot sauce: after cooking some of the burgers in the frying pan, add a finely chopped shallot, and cook it in the remaining fat 2 minutes. Then add a half glass of dry white wine, and boil while scraping the bottom of the pan with a wooden spatula. Add 10 cl cream, allow to thick over a low heat. Use as a dressing on the meat in your burger.

You can also try this version of Janet Clark from Toronto who replaces the onion with a sachet of onion soup, and adds 2 or 3 tablespoons of oat flakes to the meat. Delicious.

One difference between us and our Canadian friends: their burgers are much thicker, about 1 cm or more.

Did you know it: Hamburger is not an american recipe originally, but a german one, from the people of Hambourg, the Hamburgers. They brought it to the USA.

Keeping: Once cooked, a few minutes.

Source: Home made, but dedicated warmly to Janet Clark from Toronto.

Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	27 g RDI=42 %	79 g RDI=30 %	41 g RDI=57 %	289 kcal RDI=14 %	1,212 kJ RDI=14 %
Per person	114 g RDI=176 %	329 g RDI=124 %	171 g RDI=235 %	1,200 kcal RDI=60 %	5,027 kJ RDI=60 %
Whole recipe	685 g RDI=1,055 %	1,975 g RDI=746 %	1,028 g RDI=1,409 %	7,204 kcal RDI=360 %	30,163 kJ RDI=360 %