Do you love burgers? Here are 8 ideas for delicious recipes
Although it is one of the typical dishes of American cuisine, the hamburger has German origins. Incredible, isn't it? The name derives from the German city of Hamburg and is said to have arrived in America only in the 19th century.
Now known all over the world as the "made in USA" fast food dish par excellence, a bit like its Hot Dog colleagues, it has become part of the gastronomic culture of many other countries.
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Even in Italy, by now, the burgers are depopulated: come on Diner, furnished in a typically American way, offering burgers of all kinds, up to places where the tradition of the hamburger is combined with the quality of the typical raw materials of the beautiful country, from Piedmontese meat to those of Chianina.
If, however, you want to be able to satisfy your desire for America even on your sofa, we offer you 8 hamburger recipes that you can make at home without any problem, from the vegetarian burger to the refined version with a lot of foie gras. So are you ready to take a trip to the USA?
Here are all the instructions for making special burgers, starting with this ...
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Cheeseburger: the timeless classic
Ingredients for 4 burgers
200g of ground beef
2 sandwiches
2 slices of cheese (cheddar, monterey ...)
6 onion rings or cucumber (optional)
salad or a slice of tomato
4 tablespoons of sauce of your choice (ketchup, mayonnaise, barbecue)
Special Sauce:
125ml mayonnaise 1 tablespoon ketchup 1 tablespoon mustard 1 tablespoon very thin sliced sweet cucumbers 1 teaspoon Tabasco®
Form the hamburger with the minced meat (you choose which meat to use. The ideal would be the shoulder with 15-25% fat, but you can also add minced pork or lamb or chicken).
Put a drizzle of oil in the pan and grill the meat on both sides, preferably turning the hamburger only once (3-5 minutes per side depending on the cooking you want).
Towards the end of cooking, add the slices of cheese and let it melt.
Put the sauce on the bottom half of the sandwich, then the meat, the salad, the tomato and possibly the sliced cucumbers.
Recipe taken from "Hamburger Gourmet" © Edizioni Marabout - Akiko Ida & Pierre Javelle
Bacon Burger: crunchy and flavorful
Ingredients for 4 burgers
4 sandwiches
500g ground beef
fleur de sel
4 tablespoons ketchup
8 slices of bacon
2 tomatoes
1 onion
2 cucumbers
200g cheddar
4 lettuce leaves
Cut the tomatoes, onion and cucumbers into small cubes and place them in separate bowls. Fry the bacon in a pan until crispy. Add the tomatoes and, if desired, a pinch of oregano. Leave to cook for a couple of minutes and set aside.
Cut the cheddar into pieces, put it in a bowl with half a glass of water and heat in the microwave for about twenty seconds. The consistency must be liquid but not too much. Add the onion and cucumber.
Cook the 4 burgers with fleur de sel for 3-4 minutes per side. Toast the bread for a couple of minutes and assemble by putting the ketchup, meat, the cheddar and bacon mixture and the salad.
Recipe taken from "Hamburger Gourmet" © Edizioni Marabout - Akiko Ida & Pierre Javelle
Fish Burger, the taste of the sea in a sandwich
Ingredients for 4 burgers
4 small sandwiches
For the breaded fish:
4 fresh or frozen cod fillets
1 egg
1 teaspoon of paprika
150g corn flakes
1 tablespoon olive oil
Herbal sauce:
2 tablespoons of yogurt or cottage cheese
1 tablespoon creme fraiche
1 tablespoon of Colman's Mustard®
1 pinch cumin
1 slice of cheddar or emmental
sprouts of cress or rocket
Beat the eggs and season with salt, pepper and paprika. Crumble the cornflakes until they are similar to breadcrumbs. Dip the fillets first in the egg and then in the cereals at least a couple of times to cover them well. Grill in a pan with a drizzle of oil for 3 minutes per side. Prepare the sauce by combining the yogurt, cumin, creme fraiche and mustard Salt and pepper Cut the bread, spread the sauce on top and bottom Add the fish, 1 slice of cheese and the rocket or watercress sprouts.
© Richard Boutin
The Parisian hamburger
Ingredients for 4 burgers
4 white rolls
3 minced chicken breasts
1 tablespoon of olive oil + to taste for cooking
1 pinch of cumin
2 small camemberts
3 tablespoons of honey
songino
4 tablespoons of tomato sauce
Prepare the burgers by mixing the chicken with the oil, salt and pepper. Cook and set aside. Turn on the grill of the oven and brown the camembert (or tomini) divided in half with a little honey on top. Leave under the grill for 3-5 minutes.
Divide the sandwiches in half, put the tomato sauce, salad, hamburger, and camembert in the bottom half. Eat immediately!
© Richard Boutin / Marabou
The foie gras hamburger
Ingredients for 4 burgers
4 milk rolls
onion jam
lettuce leaves
4 slices of foie gras
6 slices of smoked duck breast
1 golden apple
salt and pepper
Slice the salad. Heat a non-stick pan, and cook the foie gras two minutes per side. Heat the sandwiches in the oven. Cut the apple into slices. Assemble the sandwich by putting a little onion jam, 1 slice of apple, l "roast duck, foie gras and" salad. Serve with some onion jam.
© Richard Boutin / Marabout
The "burger" bleu
Ingredients for 4 burgers
4 milk rolls
500g ground beef
200g roquefort
4 tablespoons of cream
1 red onion
4 lettuce leaves
Cut the sandwiches in half and heat a few minutes under the oven grill. Cook the previously prepared burgers. In a bowl, add a little Roquefort to the cream and mix. Cut the onion into 0.5 cm thick rings. Crumble the rest of the Roquefort with a fork.
Spread the sauce on each half of the bread and put a lettuce leaf, the hamburger and the crumbled cheese. Serve.
© Richard Boutin / Marabout
vegetarian burger
Ingredients for 4 burgers
4 cereal rolls
For vegetarian burgers:
300g smoked tofu
150g rolled oats
1 tablespoon whole wheat flour
1 clove of garlic
1 shallot
a few leaves of basil, mint or thyme
1 tablespoon of soy sauce
2 champignons
1 eggplant + 1 champignon + 1 onion
herb sauce
rocket
Prepare the burgers by combining the chopped garlic and shallots with the finely chopped tofu and mushrooms. Create the burgers and brown them with olive oil. Slice the aubergines, mushrooms and onion and sauté.
Cut the bread in half, put the sauce on both sides, the burger, 1 slice of eggplant, 1 onion ring and a few slices of champignon. If desired, you can add cheddar or emmental cheese. Also add a little rocket.
© Richard Boutin / Marabout
Starred Burger
Ingredients for 4 burgers
4 sandwiches
500g ground
120g foie gras
fleur de sel
4 thin slices of gingerbread
oil
3 white onions
100g sugar
rocket
Cut the onion into cubes and cook a pan with olive oil, add the sugar and let it simmer until caramelized.
Prepare 8 equal sized meatballs with the minced meat. Cut the foie gras into thin slices of a smaller diameter than the meat, flatten two meatballs and insert the foie gras in the middle, sealing them perfectly. Add salt and cook in a hot pan for 3 minutes per side.
Cut the gingerbread into thin slices and stir-fry with a drizzle of oil until the slices are crispy.
Assemble the sandwich (toasting it for 2 minutes under the grill after cutting it in half) adding the onion compote, the meat and the onion compote again. Add a few leaves of rocket and finally the crispy gingerbread.
© Hamburger Gourmet / Blend aux éditions Marabout
