Well it may be nice to prepare, cook, eat and enjoy the worlds finest steaks, or the worlds freshest line caught fish, but tonight I prepared, cooked and ate a gourmet beef burger! Served with fresh asparagus and creamy leeks. Well I thought it was pretty gourmet.
Serves Two Decent Sized Burgers
250/300 gram lean minced beef
1 red onion chopped
1 egg yolk
1 - 2 tsp olive oil
1 tsp dried mixed herbs *
Salt and pepper to season
* I used dried herbs but if you have fresh ones even better
Simple Method
Just place all the ingredients in a mixing bowl, then stir very well making sure it is well mixed. Using your hands divide the mix and shape into two equal sized burgers. Place on a baking tray and cook in a pre-heated oven at 200 or Gas Mark 6 for approx 30 minutes. All ovens vary so check burgers at about 20 minutes and adjust cooking time as necessary. When cooking burgers in the oven it may be an idea to grease or line your baking tray …. helps with the washing up afterwards!
Optional
You can either have plain burgers or why not put some stilton cheese on top of the burgers as I did tonight, for the last 10 minutes of cooking and let it melt - it makes the burgers that extra delicious.
We enjoyed this dish served with some leeks and asparagus tips,boiled for about three minutes and served with butter. For the cheesy leeks, I just sliced up two leeks (wash them first) placed them in a small ovenproof dish. Covered them with double cream and cooked in the oven for approx 15 minutes. Take leeks out of oven and sprinkle with some grated cheddar cheese, return to oven for further 5 minutes or until the cheese has melted and it’s a slight golden brown colour - the leeks should be just soft.
I’m very much an amateur chef … but I like to share recipes and ideas … and of course I wouldn't dream of serving these burgers in a bun. This blog is LCHF !
Happy Cooking
All the best Jan.
You can either have plain burgers or why not put some stilton cheese on top of the burgers as I did tonight, for the last 10 minutes of cooking and let it melt - it makes the burgers that extra delicious.
We enjoyed this dish served with some leeks and asparagus tips,boiled for about three minutes and served with butter. For the cheesy leeks, I just sliced up two leeks (wash them first) placed them in a small ovenproof dish. Covered them with double cream and cooked in the oven for approx 15 minutes. Take leeks out of oven and sprinkle with some grated cheddar cheese, return to oven for further 5 minutes or until the cheese has melted and it’s a slight golden brown colour - the leeks should be just soft.
I’m very much an amateur chef … but I like to share recipes and ideas … and of course I wouldn't dream of serving these burgers in a bun. This blog is LCHF !
Happy Cooking
For those that do not know, Jan is my wife. The food she cooks keeps my BG numbers in the non diabetic range on a minimal meds, a couple of Metformin pills per day.
ReplyDeleteGive this sort of grub a try, it tastes great and can really put a zap on BG numbers.
Eddie
looks very good indeed! we especially need to try this method of cooking leeks! ...even though we missed St. David's day :-)
ReplyDeleteMy Lord Jan.... that looks SO GOOD!!!!!!! We'll have this for dinner when we come to visit... thanks in advance :)
ReplyDeleteps. that video I linked of Dr Caryn Zinn might be worth you sharing as it is a registered dietitian DEBUNKING low fat eating!! You don't see that too often :)
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ReplyDeleteThank you for your comments.
Eddie
There's nothing quite so satisfying as home made food, both for the cook and those who eat it, lol
ReplyDeleteI am particularly fond of Stilton but hadn't thought of it as a topping for burgers. Yum! Thank you ;)
Geri