min., baking 10 min.
I found the recipe for grilled veggie burgers in a barbecue book and the recipe title was "how to cook the perfect burger". So what's the secret to that perfect burger?
INGREDIENTS
For the burgers:
- 1 kg of freshly ground beef ham
- 50 g of butter
- 2 cloves of garlic
- a bunch of fresh parsley and dill
- ground black pepper and salt to taste
For fried vegetables:
- 2-3 young beets
- 2-3 onions
- 5 small tomatoes
- 2-3 small peppers
- 6 tablespoons of cold-pressed olive oil
- 3 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar
- 1 spoon of honey
- ground pepper, salt, dried oregano
- 2 cloves of garlic
For horseradish sour cream sauce:
- 1 glass of sour cream
- 4-5 tablespoons of horseradish
- 1 tablespoon of lemon juice
- a bunch of fresh dill
- salt, sugar and ground black pepper to taste
For the spicy tomato sauce:
- 2-3 tomatoes
- 1 red onion
- 1 sweet pepper
- 1 hot pepper
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar
- a bunch of fresh parsley and basil
- sugar, salt to taste
PREPARATION
Well, very simple, tasty and high-quality freshly ground beef or lamb ham or shoulder meat and ... fat, yes, yes, the hamburger must be juicy. The fat in the burger should be 15-20 percent, in this recipe the role of fat is played by garlic herb butter, which is pressed into the middle of the burger. And I could also add that homemade sauces and many, many vegetables are simply necessary for a perfect hamburger.
I won't talk about buns this time, because we were satisfied with store-bought ones, next time I will bake homemade ones.
I totally forgot to mention that perfect burgers just need the smell of smoke. As usual, I cooked these burgers and veggies in a Cobb grill which, to my delight, I can wash very easily as it all fits in a standard kitchen sink, so it still looks like new.
What are the most common compliments you get, not about yourself, but about the food you make?
I often hear such compliments as "Tasty cake, just like store-bought" or "What a delicious cake, like from Maxima's". These compliments are sincere and describe delicious food, but the comparisons, in my opinion, are not very good. But my son knows how to make me happy with his compliments: "Your pizza is much tastier than at the pizzeria", and the last time I heard this compliment from him was about homemade, barbecued hamburgers: "These hamburgers are really tastier than McDonald's or Hesburger". This assessment made me very happy, I think that from now on my teenager will ask for homemade burgers more often than money to buy others, in my opinion, not quite healthy burgers. Those who raise teenagers will understand me, because sometimes it is so difficult to agree with them on food issues and not only...
First I made the garlic herb butter. I sauteed chopped herbs and garlic with soft butter. I wrapped the butter in cling film and put it in the fridge to harden.
I seasoned the minced meat liberally with ground pepper and a little salt and formed small, flat burgers into which I pressed a piece of herb butter. I kept the finished burgers in the fridge until cooking.
I pickled all the vegetables except the tomatoes. I whipped up a sauce from olive oil, balsamic vinegar and spices. I poured this sauce separately over all the vegetables, beets cut into circles, onions and peppers. I pierced the onions with wooden toothpicks to make it easier to fry and flip. I left the vegetables to marinate for an hour.
I made the sauces. I made horseradish sauce from sour cream, horseradish and spices, which I seasoned with chopped dill.
For the spicy tomato sauce, I put the chopped vegetables in an electric blender and puree them to a sauce consistency. I seasoned the sauce with oil, vinegar and spices.
We prepared the barbecue for cooking on direct fire.
I cooked the burgers for 5-7 minutes. from both sides.
First, I fried the tomatoes cut side down for a few minutes, then turned them over. I sprinkled the seared side with olive oil, chopped garlic, ground pepper and salt and seared it on the unseared side for a few more minutes.
I fried the pickled beets for 3-4 minutes. from each side.
I fried onions and peppers cut into circles for 2-3 minutes. from each side.
I toasted the buns cut side down in the grill for a few minutes.
We each layered the burgers into the buns to our liking. I recommend pairing fried beets with fried onions and horseradish sauce. And fried tomatoes with fried peppers, onions and spicy tomato sauce.
Delicious burgers!
P.S. The burgers were really juicy because the melted butter moistened the meat. And I personally liked the marinated and grilled various vegetables the most, I could eat them alone without meat and buns at all.
Recipe source: Seasonal Kitchen
