Overall I've started to become dissapointed with the patties. They are not too flavoursome, so I started looking on Mr YT to see what other say.
I did watch a few videos on avariety of burgers made around the US, and there were a lot of different variations. But what I wantedwas the basic burger & patty.
The video below is the one I've folowed, and although the people look a bit stiff and Dormant (they do not look at each other a lot and rather look as if they are in a line for inspection, what they say works well for me.
Basically, up until recently, I've been doing it all wrong.
- Basic mince only, no extras such as breadcrumbs or onion.
- High fat content, alla cheap mince, fat content about 20%
- Shape patty and leave, not a lot of fiddling to shape it.
- Indent in centre with thumb on one side (the first side down to grill) so that it stays in shape.
- Leave in fridge for 10-15 minutes to cool down after working it with your hands (which has warmed it up).
- No oil in the frying pan, its got enough fat in the burgers, and cranked on high, this can be reduced to medium high after a time.
- Season it and put it on grill and leave it for 2-3 minutes, do not tough again until you turn once to cook 2nd side (after seasoning)
- See sides turning brown and this is indication that its about cooked on one side.
- Let it rest for a couple of minutes to re-absorb juice, stops buns being wet and sodden.
- Toast buns lightly, so they don't burn.
- Chuck it in the buns with your condiments and wolf it down. Mayonaise and lettuce under, onion, tomato, mustard/ and/or tom sauce over
I did find my patties were a bit small in diameter but thick, I didn't want to over play with the patty so I left it in that configuration. I think i've just done it again, so I'll just have to practice lots to get the diameter and thickness correct.
I'm thinking 50g of mince should make 4 patties , so $7 for 500g, so 3.50$ for meat for meal, plus buns and condiments and lettuce etc.
A couple of hamburgers, some air fried chips and coleslaw and I really struggle to finish the meal, I'm absolutely chock full. An extremely juicy burge.
I always think these are a bit of a laugh but it does show contrasts on cooking styles:
Hamburger buns
These i haven't made. I havent bought them for a while, but have recently got into buying a bag of 6 or 8 and freezing all but 2 that I want to use for a meal.This is food wishes take on making thebuns, it looks good so I may give it a try (although I'd add the salt after I added the flour)
Here is his ingredients list (https://foodwishes.blogspot.com/2013/07/homemade-hamburger-buns-oh-my-god-becky.html):
Ingredients for 8 large hamburger buns:
1 package (2 1/2 tsp) dry active yeast (I used Fleischmann's “RapidRise” Yeast)
1 cup very warm water
1 large egg
3 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons sugar
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
1 pound all-purpose flour (about 3 1/2 cups)
Note: add a 1/2 cup of the flour to the yeast and water, and then the remainder before kneading
Note: add a 1/2 cup of the flour to the yeast and water, and then the remainder before kneading
for the tops:
1 egg beaten with 1 tbsp milk
sesame seeds
*bake at 375 degrees F. for 15-17 minutes
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