The Classic Era Burger with Cheese(and Era Style Big Mac Sauce)
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IngredientsBurgers:
1lb of (good quality) minced beef
3 tsps Salt
A good couple of grinds of Black Pepper
Cheese
Era Style Big Mac Sauce:
Thousand Island Dressing (I like the Heinz stuff)
French's Classic Yellow American Mustard
MethodPlace minced beef, salt and pepper in a large mixing bowl*.
Knead the mixture as if were a bread dough for a good 10 minutes, ensuring that everything is well mixed.
Divide the meat into four equal portions.
Take one portion and squeeze, compress, roll and pat into a burger shape. The more compressing you do the firmer the burger will be.
Once done, place burger on to baking tray covered with grease-proof paper.
Repeat for the other three.
Place baking tray in the fridge for 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
Heat a skillet pan on the hob. It needs to be very hot before you start to cook. Also pre-heat the oven to 180C.
Take your burgers from the fridge and place on the pan. You want to sear the burgers on both sides for about 2 minutes to seal in the juices.
After searing, continue to flip the burgers frequently to cook them evenly. It should take about 15 minutes for the burgers to cook all the way through. Make sure to keep pressing the burgers down using a grill spatula - instead of taking photos - to keep the burgers nice and flat.
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After grilling, place strips of cheese on each burger - I like a strong cheddar on mine - and then place in the oven until the cheese has melted.
Serve!
Era Style Big-Mac Sauce:
Mix two parts TID to one part French's Classic Yellow American Mustard.
*Add other ingredients to taste - another personally fave is a small amount of cayenne pepper for that chill-burger experience.