Every chef in the country would be a hypocrite if they said they never ate burger and chips. The Boxwood Cafe burger has been the most amazing addition to the menu -we make it with veal and add some minced foie gras. We give it real three-star treatment, with beautiful chopped mushrooms on the bun and the most amazing onion relish. Here's a slightly different version but made along similar lines. The thing to remember is to treat your burger like a steak. Sear it beautifully on both sides, then let it rest and it will continue to cook to medium. If you cook it to medium and then let it rest, it will be very dry.
1 large red onion, peeled and finely chopped / 1kg minced lean beef/ sea salt and freshly ground black pepper / vegetable oil / butter / 4 large burger baps, toasted / 4 large pickled gherkins, sliced / 2 beef tomatoes, sliced /1 baby gem lettuce, washed and divided / shavings of Parmesan cheese / chips, for serving (see page 241)
To make the onion relish, fry the onions in the butter until soft. Add the sugar to the pan and fry for a further 4-5 minutes until caramelized. Drain the excess fat from the pan and add the balsamic vinegar. Cook for 2-3 minutes more until it has the consistency of a syrup. Put aside until ready to use.
Mix the chopped onion into the minced beef and season well. Mould the mince into 4 large balls and press down lightly to shape them into burgers, then leave them to set in the fridge for a couple of hours.
When you're ready to cook the burgers, get a large frying pan or griddle pan hot, and cook them in a little vegetable oil for 10-15 minutes. This will cook them medium, so adjust the timing depending on whether you like your burger a bit rarer or slightly more well done. Add a little butter to the pan towards the end of the cooking time.
Serve the burgers straight away on the toasted baps with the salad garnishes and Parmesan on top and the chips on the side. Top with the onion relish.
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Notice there's no mention at all of what kind of minced beef to use? Would you eat this if it was made from ASDA/Walmart cheap mince? I know I wouldn't!
> Every chef in the country would be a hypocrite if they said they never > ate burger and chips. The Boxwood Cafe burger has been the most amazing > addition to the menu...
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> Notice there's no mention at all of what kind of minced beef to use? > Would you eat this if it was made from ASDA/Walmart cheap mince? I know > I wouldn't!
I don't buy meats at Walmart. Nothing in their meat cases is edible.
But I would expect that the writer thinks using the finest grade of beef would be self-explanatory, given the list of other fine ingredients which, when it's all said and done, doesn't really add up to a hamburger at all. This "amazing addition to the menu" looks more like a recipe for some atrocious pretensionburger designed to appeal to young green bank account holders without the brains to walk away.
<norwegianb...@deadparrot.com> wrote: >This "amazing addition to the menu" looks more like a recipe for >some atrocious pretensionburger designed to appeal to young green bank >account holders without the brains to walk away.
> Notice there's no mention at all of what kind of minced beef to use? > Would you eat this if it was made from ASDA/Walmart cheap mince? I know > I wouldn't!
An your point is? The recipe says "minced lean beef". "Minced beef" means ground beef and you can find that in any grocery store, in varying fat/lean ratios. The best burgers, I find, are made with no greater than an 80/20 ratio of fat to lean. Otherwise they're too dry. A burger is sometimes just a burger. No need to overthink it. Walmart doesn't sell ground beef here, anyway.
"Corey Richardson" <KB...@EbP0V7K.s`R> wrote in message > Notice there's no mention at all of what kind of minced beef to use? > Would you eat this if it was made from ASDA/Walmart cheap mince? I know > I wouldn't!
No mention because Ramsay is using the best he can get, such as sirloin. So would I. Wal Mart sells nothing edible in the meat department.
I make onions like that all the time. I like them as a side with anything beef.
>>> Notice there's no mention at all of what kind of minced beef to use?
>>The fact that this question even came into your mind shows that you >>don't have a clue how to cook or eat. Stick to fast food.
>>-sw
> So, what make you think that some people won't try to recreate this crap > using cheap ASDA/Walmart mince?
No one is going to mix ground veal and liver and ground beef ,[even though the recipe doesn't include ground beef and should] and buy it from Walmart. I think it's a great idea.
> Notice there's no mention at all of what kind of minced beef to use?
if you cook a burger rare, mince the meat just before cooking, presymably after doing something to "clean" the outside? -- Mike::::::::: remove clothing to email
