Burgermeister

It seems that the humble burger, made from healthy, unprocessed lean meat, may still be bad for us. Research published this week has in the Thorax journey suggests that there is a link between eating burgers and developing asthma.
Eating fresh fruits, vegetables and fish can protect you from getting asthma but burgers can make asthma [...]

I recently travelled to Zurich and while there came across a fantastic little Mexican restaurant which specializes in burgers. They do all the usual Mexican food, such as chilli con carne, enchilladas, tacos and fajitas, plus some pretty big burgers!
Their big burger is the “HAMBURGUESA MEXICANA – LA GRANDE MUY MUY MUY GRANDE mit 2×200gr [...]

Good news for the burger world – Burger King, famous for its fast food burgers, has decided to produce a real whopper of a burger. The burger, named ‘The Burger’, costs GBP95.00 and is only available in one Burger King restaurant, the Gloucester Road, West London branch.
So, what are the ingredients of the world’s most [...]

Last week I watched Heston Blumenthal’s TV show In Search of Perfection in eager anticipation, as I saw a review that he was on a mission to find and cook the perfect burger. His journey for burger perfection first took him to the USA, to a small cafe that claims to be the birth place [...]

As part of my search for the perfect burger, I like to try every famous burger I can, to enable me to improve my own burger recipes. During a recent tour of southern England I found myself at the Marriott Highcliff hotel in Bournemouth, so therefore could not resist trying out the famous Marriott Burger.
The [...]

A good burger sauce is prepared fresh from old ingredients. Fresh ingredients could be used, but this will add several hours to the preparation time. My burger sauce recipe:

Tomato sauce
Mayonnaise
English mustard

Mix it all up. It should turn into a nice pink burger sauce colour. I sometimes throw in some brown sauce instead, or [...]

450g minced beef2 tablespoons chopped parsleysalt and pepper4 rasher of streaky baconDijon mustardoil50g butter4 long / finger rolls
Mix together the beef and parsley with plenty of seasoning. Divide the mixture into four sausage shapes. Remove the bacon rinds and stretch the rashers. Spread each one on one side with some mustard. Wrap the mustard-spread rasher [...]

100g Danish blue1.5kg minced beef4 spring onions, finely chopped1 teaspoon (or more if you like) Worcestershire saucesalt and pepperpinkch of dry mustard12 buns !
Crumble the cheese into a bowl and mix in the beef, onionsm Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper and mustard. Cover with cling film and leave in the fridge for at least an hour. [...]

Another classic burger recipe, to serve 4. This can be made as a nice meal. Serve with some salad, or even have as a starter.
Use 675g minced beef2 tabelspoons chopped parsleysalt and freshly ground black pepper1 tablespoon of oil50g butter2 buns4 spring onions, chopped1 clove of garlic, crushed1/2 teaspoon of French mustard150ml red wine
Mix together [...]

This is the method used by my mate Rich out in Zurich. I have not tried it myself, but he informed me that he got very good results. Here is what he said:
“Sifu, you would have been proud of me yesterday; made some tanfastic beefburgers! In fact, they were so good I had some more [...]