Homemade burger recipe

A homemade burger is a completely different story to the kind you buy at a fast food joint. With homemade burgers you know exactly what is in them, can spice them as you like and shape them large or small. This recipe can also be used to make meatballs, just shape the mixture to the size you want. There are no preservatives and you can use good lean beef mince, so that you can even persuade yourself it’s a healthy option!

This is a basic but very tasty beef burger recipe that you can add to as you like. Once cooked, it is up to you whether you turn it into a cheeseburger with a few slices of cheddar melting irresistibly into it, or just pile it high in a bun with tomato relish and a few slivers of red onion.

Recipe for Homemade Burgers

Ingredients
1 kg / 2lb 3oz good minced beef
2 eggs
2 red onions chopped finely
2 handfuls of fresh breadcrumbs
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
½ teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon ground coriander
salt and pepper

Put all the ingredients in a bowl and mix together well with your hands. Form into burger shapes however large you like, but make them thicker and more rounded than the commercial hamburger.

Refrigerate the burger patties until you are ready to cook.

Cook on a barbecue or under a grill for 5 minutes or so on each side if they are large burgers, or bake in a hot oven until the outside is well browned (about 15 minutes).

You can eat these burgers slightly pink in the middle if you enjoy your beef rare, as you know the beef is good quality having made them freshly yourself.

Serve in a lightly toasted bun with whatever you like in a hamburger: salad, gherkins, onions, tomato salsa, ketchup, mayo, it is up to you.

Suggestions for other herbs and spices to use in your burger mix as well of or instead of the cumin and coriander if you prefer:

1 red chilli chopped fine, ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper, 2 cloves garlic, parsley chopped fine, lemon zest

Feel like someone else cooking for you tonight? Why not try the gourmet burgers at Fat Cat restaurant in Nottingham who offer 10 types of homemade burgers.