Thread: The perfect burger

Originally Posted by Reg Dingle

The Easter in Seattle burger

What in the name of the gods is that abomination?

^ Heaven, brother

Now that is a burger!

Salad on the bottom, cheese and bacon on top.

Thread closed, HW wins the internet for today.

Originally Posted by dirk diggler

Salad on the bottom, cheese and bacon on top.

That's the way to do it!

I'm assuming that's a burger from last night? Otherwise that's a hardcore breakfast!

^No egg, it's definitely not a brekkie burger

Brekky burger?

OK, lamb burger day. I actually made up the lamb mix yesterday, incorporating some finely chopped onion and garlic, ground cumin, oregano, paprika and cayenne pepper, and fresh mint and parsley. Overnight in the fridge, with the flavours could meld together.





This morning, used some rings that I have for crumpet making to form the patties. Did it on wax paper and cut around the rings when done and back into the fridge.





Time to make some Tzatziki.



Peeled and grated the cucumber, sprinkled it with salt to remove as much water as possible.



Minced some cloves of garlic, and added it to some olive oil and white wine vinegar.



Gave the cucumber a squeeze in some muslin cloth, then added to the garlic mix.



Added the yoghurt and chopped fresh mint and dill.



Made up a Greek salad, chopped tomatoes, sliced red onion, pitted black olives, oregano, olive oil and crumbled feta cheese. Had no cucumber to put in as used all in the tzatziki.



Thought about going for some air fried chips, but opted for roasting some small chunks of potato that had been tossed in a mix of olive oil, tomato puree and paprika.



Time to griddle the burger......



Quite thick so about 5 or 6 minutes each side.



While the patty was resting, toasted one of the buns I made the other day.



Potatoes look good and smell great.



There we have it. I started the stack with some iceberg lettuce topped with some very thinly sliced red onion and beef tomato, then the lamb, topped with a good dollop of tzatziki. The burger was really enough on its own without the sides. Flavours very much as I'd anticipated though.

^ Looks delicious PAG!

Coincidentally I've been busy gathering all the ingredients together for our gourmet lamb burgers with sweet potato fries tonight, but after your post I think I'll keep them to myself.

Put a bit of effort in next time, eh PAG.

Are those mincing machines (hand crank) worth it?

Originally Posted by dirk diggler

Brekky burger?

^ Very nice, HW.

Some days I just get pissed off.

I started out with the same basic ingredients as PAG so how come he ended up with wonderful burgers and I ended up with shite?

In Norway I often go to this gourmet burger place and the burgers always come with these fancy sweet potato fries. Theirs are always crispy and orange, mine were yellow with the texture of boiled slugs.



It didn't help that my mum called right at the critical moment, but anyway, this American food has joined lasagne and canelloni as food I will never bother to make but pay for outside. McDonalds can give me a burger in 3 minutes... this mess took me over an hour and a half to make.



Never again. I'm gonna stick with what I know. There is nothing worse than having an 11 year-old daughter trying to make you feel better and showing pity after being served up with a meal like this.

"The burger wasn't too bad dad but the chips were weird", "Nan did call at a bad time", "Why don't you microwave it?", "You don't usually make burgers, dad".

What a great kid she is!

Originally Posted by Mendip

I started out with the same basic ingredients as PAG so how come he ended up with wonderful burgers and I ended up with shite?

Is it cos, as Dil stated the other night, you're a mong?

Originally Posted by Mendip

In Norway I often go to this gourmet burger place and the burgers always come with these fancy sweet potato fries. Theirs are always crispy and orange, mine were yellow with the texture of boiled slugs.

Fusion opportunity, Chitty!

Originally Posted by Mendip

but anyway, this American food

it just proves British is Best

The burger doesn’t look too bad.

Originally Posted by malmomike77

it just proves British is Best

The rest of the world disagrees.

I'm no quitter.

Had some lamb patty left over so today it was lamb brekkie burgers.



With no sweet potato fries.



And a watermelon, banana, orange and lime smoothie to keep things healthy.

That looks good, Mendy! Making burgers is not that hard, don't overthink it.

^^Have you got a flip top head?

Originally Posted by malmomike77

Have you got a flip top head?

You drunk again, Whingey?

Originally Posted by Mendip

I'm no quitter.

Had some lamb patty left over so today it was lamb brekkie burgers.

I'd rate that as arguably the best food pic you've ever posted, looks absolutely delicious.