Introduction
These are just basic hamburgers, at least I think they are ... but they seem to have acquired a reputation of their own. A good reputation I hasten to add ... no, really!
Ingredients
Serves 2 or 3
- 400 grams good (see comments) mince (ground meat).
- 1 egg
- 4 tbspns dried bread crumbs
- freshly ground black pepper
- hamburger buns
- garlic salt
- peanut oil
Directions
Put the mince in a bowl with the egg and the bread crumbs. Mix it all up with a fork or your fingers until the ingredients are thoroughly combined.
Make into patties. Make them a bit bigger than the hamburger bun you are using (they shink as they cook) and about two to three centimetres thick.
Grind pepper and shake garlic salt onto one side of the pattie.
Put the patties seasoned side down, into a heavy frying pan (skillet) that has been heated to a moderate heat with a little peanut oil. Grind more pepper and shake more garlic salt onto the other side of the pattie. When the pattie has browned off nicely turn it over and cook that side. ONLY FLIP THE BURGERS ONCE.
How long you cook on each side will depend on how well you like your burgers cooked. I like mine still a little pink in the middle. Maybe four minutes a side.
That's it. Serve on toasted buns with all the things you like - Best Foods mayonnaise (a great Canadian product!), ketchup, dijon mustard, finely shredded lettuce, bacon, cheese ... whatever!
Variations
Source: Moi
Comments
By good mince I mean mince that still has a reasonable quantity of fat in it. Very lean mince is maybe (maybe!) good for your health, but it has very little flavour.
If you are BBQing the same rules apply. DON'T use the charcoal briquette lighter fluid starter, it taints the meat.
If you are using BBQ sauce only put it on the meat right at the end, just long enough for the sauce to caramalise - yes, you'll have to fip it more than once 
If you put it on from the start it will go bitter 
Try to find an alternative to the awful soggy hamburger buns with sesame seeds that you buy in the supermarket. Here in Blenheim we can buy beautiful small ciabatta loaves that are great with burgers.