Hamburgers

Name: Hamburgers
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 600 g good-quality minced beef, including 20-30 per cent fat; 160 g tomato ketchup; 40 g American mustard; 6 good-quality small baps; 2 beef tomatoes, sliced; Dill pickles and slices of red onion, to serve (optional); Dill pickles and slices of red onion, to serve (optional)

Preparation info

Serves
2
adults and 2 small children

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Eat Up

By Mark Hix

Published 2000

About

Fast food has given hamburgers a bad name but in fact they are a healthy and delicious meal for both adults and children as long as they are made with good-quality meat. If you prefer to avoid beef, try the tuna burgers.

Ingredients

600 g good-quality minced beef, including 20-30 per cent fat
160 g tomato ketchup
40

Europe
United Kingdom
Burger

Method

Mix the mince to ensure that the fat is evenly distributed throughout it, then season with salt and pepper. Mould it into 6 balls and shape it either with a burger press, if you have one, or simply by pressing it into a pastry cutter set on a board. Then put the hamburgers into the fridge to firm up before cooking. Whisk together the tomato ketchup and American mustard for the sauce.