The Ultimate Hamburger

Name: The Ultimate Hamburger
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 4 good-quality baps; 100 g (3½ oz) tomato ketchup; 4 large sweet pickled gherkins, sliced; 1 small red onion, sliced; 800 g-1 kg (1 lb 12 oz-2 lb 4 oz) good-quality coarsely minced beef, such as rib or rump, including 30 per cent fat; 40 g (1½ oz) american mustard; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 beef tomato, sliced

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Simple Art of Marrying Food and Wine

By Malcolm Gluck and Mark Hix

Published 2005

About

THE WORD “HAMBURGER” NORMALLY REFERS TO PICKING UP SOME READY-MADE ONES FROM THE FREEZER DEPARTMENT, possibly the fresh section, of the high-street chains. Okay, it’s quick and convenient, but what are you actually eating? If you are going to eat a lump of cooked minced beef, then why not buy some top-notch freshly minced beef and mould the hamburgers yourselves? You can then cook them rare or medium - or crucified, if you must.