Name: The Gastronaut’s Hamburger
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 onion, finely chopped; 1 hard-boiled egg, finely chopped; 1 tablespoon chives, parsley and chervil, finely chopped; 2 tablespoons olive oil; Salt and pepper; 1 tablespoon mild French mustard; 1½ lb (700 g) beef, finely chopped rather than minced

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Floyd on Fire

By Keith Floyd

Published 1986

About

A good hamburger should taste like the sound of ‘Under the Boardwalk’, a great Rolling Stones song of the late sixties. Anyone found using frozen hamburgers will lose the status of Honorary Gastronaut that comes free with this book.

Ingredients

1½ lb (700 g) beef, finely chopped rather than minced
1 hard-boiled egg, finely chopped</

Method

Put all the ingredients, except for the barbecue sauce and the mustard, into a bowl and mix very thoroughly and roll into a ball. Now divide the ball into four smaller ones of equal size and with the palm of your hand flatten them to the desired thickness.

Before placing the hamburgers on the grill, spread each one with the mustard. Cook over a very hot fire for 10 minutes, turning them