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Hamburgers

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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Last modified on: December 6^th 2015

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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 Hamburger buns
7 12 slices cheese
8 12 slices belly (streaky) bacon
9 French mustard
10 2 tomatoes
11 fine (or table) salt
12 pepper
Total weight: 2,488 grams

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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.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
5,836 Kcal or 24,434 Kj	307 gr	296 gr	529 gr
292 %	118 %	28 %	80 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
235 Kcal or 984 Kj	12 gr	12 gr	21 gr
12 %	5 %	1 %	3 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
973 Kcal or 4,074 Kj	51 gr	49 gr	88 gr
49 %	20 %	5 %	13 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Egg, Gluten, Milk, Sesame, Mustard

How much will it cost?

For 6 people : 12.60 €
Per person : 2.10 €

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Source

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

This recipe uses (among others)

	Minced beef: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Moussaka, Meatballs, Enchiladas, Stuffed tomatoes and courgettes, Gisèle's Pasties, ... All
	Belly (streaky) bacon: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Fried egg in bread, Avengers' potatoes, Chicken club sandwich, Boulangère potatoes, Potato wallets, ... All
	Cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Involtini-Style Filet Mignon , Warm cauliflower salad with two cheeses, French toast "cordon bleu", Winemaker's toast, Eggs in brioche nests, ... All
	Hamburger buns: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pan bagnat, Comtois surprise bread, Tex-Mex chicken burger, Chicano burger, ... All

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