Hello Dear Reader,
If you've ever eaten at Mc Muck's, those filth pedlars with the big yellow M, then you will have the misfortune to have eaten some of the worst bread in the world. It's so artificial that it would not rot if it survived a nuclear winter! Dearly Beloved loves a burger in roll, with some cheese and some fried red onions. I make all of ours from scratch.
I use my bread machine to make the dough
1 1/4 cups of water
2 tbsp olive oil
1 1/2 tsp salt
3 1/4 cups of strong bread flour
1 1/2 tsp of fast action yeast
Check if your machine has a dough setting and use that. Mine takes 1.5 hours to make the dough and gives it two rises, knocking back and kneeding again at each stage. I then take the dough out of the machine and form six balls for the rolls or baps and then leave them to rise again for the final time. About 15 minutes in a warm window will do. I then bake them at 190C/Gas 5/375F for 20 - 25 minutes. I would encourage anyone to make their own bread, even without a machine, it's so easy and it tastes of bread!
Leave to cool and then get on with the burger recipe.
You will also need one large red onion that you will need to slice and fry gently in some butter or oil. Cook them until they are sticky.
Homemade burgers are so much better than the ones you can buy.
350g of minced beef that cost me £1.
Heaped tbsp of dried coriander,
1 small onion, finely chopped.
1 tsp of mustard - I used Dijon as that's what we have.
1 egg yolk
1 tbsp of olive oil
salt and pepper to season.
I had every intention of grilling these, but my ageing grill (at the top of the oven) would not heat up in time so I didn't get the chance to melt the cheese. It is better if you have cheese that it's melted. These take about fifteen minutes to cook under a hot grill, cook one side, turn over and cook that side and then in the last five minutes add the cheese. Or not, if you don't want any!
Serve your man mountain his burger with onions, cheese topped burger and a healthy smear of pesto!
I aimed to eat two but I was beaten after just one! They are just lovely. If you ever feel like reaching for the takeaway, or poisoning yourself with Mc Muck's then stop, make them yourselves for pennies and I can assure you that the combination of home made bread rolls, soft fried onions and burgers are a massive treat and will not break the bank!
I've been quilting again today and have finished another quilt top, with I have batted and basted and I'm currently in the process of quilting. I'll have the photos to show you tomorrow. I now only have one and a bit unfinished quilts and I aim to get them all done by the end of the week!
Now Dear Reader, who else makes their own bread? Is it me, or does shop bread just taste of salt and sugar and has the texture of polystyrene? Any other burger makers out there who like to beat the takeaways?
Until tomorrow's next reveal,
Love Froogs xxxx
I make my homemade hamburger too. Never tried to homemake bread yet, but I should really give it a try someday! :)
ReplyDeleteyou make yours with ham? I always use beef
ReplyDeleteDon't know why they are called hamburgers because they are always made with beef, but that's the way it is in the US. They've always been called hamburgers here. I have had hamburgers with a slice of ham over the beef patty, but they don't do anything for me...bacon is better! (The stripey stuff--my favorite food, LOL).
DeleteHamburgers are named after Hamburg, Germany where the common site was to see people in cafes eating burgers. At least, that is what I was told.
DeleteFroogs-here's my tip to melt the cheese: after frying off the burgers, shut off the heat (especially if using cast iron as I do), top the burgers with cheese and then put a lid on the pan. The residual heat should be enough to quickly melt the cheese ontop of the patties. : )
Carol in CT
OH makes all our bread in the Panasonic machine we've had over 10 years - it's our most-used piece of kitchen equipment (closely followed by a yoghurt flask).
ReplyDeleteHomemade hamburgers are a real treat here and I don't even bother to make my own bread. It's the meat. The secret is to make the patties by hand. In fact, if you buy the meat already made into patties, squish it up in your hand and then patty it out. I don't bother to mix anything in with the meat. I also usually fry the patties; after I turn them over, I put the cheese on top. If it isn't melted when the burger is done, put a lid on the pan for about a minute, and it will melt beautifully. The other secret is to use good cheese--none of this process crap that the burger joints (in the US, at least) have the gall to call cheese.
ReplyDeleteI haven't made a yeast bread in ages, but used to years ago and agree there is simply no comparison to the cheap, mass-produced stuff. I am lucky to be able to occasionally buy bread and rolls from a Portuguese bakery, but mostly I just don't eat much bread.
ReplyDeleteAccording to my nieces I make the worlds best pizza! The base is made in the breadmaker, half wholemeal half white flour. Home made tomato sauce , fresh basil from my garden(3 plant pots on a shed roof!)and all the Lidl mozzerella I can afford.
ReplyDeleteThere is no way any of the big names can deliver a pizza half as good! or as cheap!!! and when the 2 fussiest teenagers on the planet agree....
Delicious! My 19yr old son recently came home from a party because he didn't want to miss our homemade pizza tea - then went back to the party to face the mickey taking of his friends with a happy belly!!
DeleteGood for him, that shows real strength of character :-)
DeleteOnce you start making your own bread, there is no going back to shop bought is there? We also have a panasonic bread maker and we really love it. The smell of fresh bread in the morning to making your own pizza dough. I must try out this burger bap recipe before the summer is over.
ReplyDeleteHome made bread here - bought bread tastes like polystyrene. Yuck.
ReplyDeleteLove from Mum
xx
I have always made my own hamburgers. Much, much better! I also make my own bread, but I haven't made my own rolls in ages. My youngest just sat with me and said 'I want to look at the lovely, lovely food' on your post, so we will be making rolls tomorrow!
ReplyDeleteI make all our bread. It is just part of my week. I don't use a bread maker as I don't like the hole it leaves in the loaf and have found that it is quicker, and makes a larger loaf, to do it by hand. You are quite right; it tastes completely different from bought bread.
ReplyDeleteYup - buying bread in shops, and the choice is polystyrene or cotton wool. Um, yum ? Not. I have recently gotten into making sourdough bread big time, but sadly my family are not on board with this - they prefer white and yeasted. So I make both....
ReplyDeleteI do burgers just like yours, as well - but never thought of using pesto ! HM mayo for us normally - I'm gonna have to give it a go though now I've seen you do it !
I love baking bread so much and often that I bought a grain mill to make fresh flour, too!
ReplyDeleteWe make our own bread but have never made baps , I will have to try them they look great.
ReplyDeleteI use my breadmaker loads to make loaves, baps (we call them cobs in my neck of the woods lol), pizza dough, buns etc and I love it. I call it 'Simple living in the modern day' as we have gadgets to help with the workload and the experience of generations before us.
ReplyDeleteI make my own burgers too. Yours made me feel very hungry I must say, as they looked so nice.
Another bread maker here (or Panasonic operator) - delicious bread every day, cheap and without the horrible feeling shop bought bread can sometimes leave. Toast becomes an event with good bread and soup becomes a meal to look forward to as you can dip in the lightest, crustiest rolls. Inspired to try the burgers now.
ReplyDeleteThe bread maker gets used to make 50/50 white/wholemeal, a bit of taste and more solid than the bought stuff.
ReplyDeleteCan't make the dough, my battered Panasonic only works on one setting, 4 hours, the controls don't work any more, but the setting makes good loaves.
Never tried beef burgers, must have a try.
Homemade burgers are one of my favourite things to make. They are very nice with minced pork too, if you ever want to give it a try :) Best wishes.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad I'm not the only one who can't stick McYucks. I too make my own bread rolls - by hand as the bread machine broke, and my own burgers. I usually make mine with minced pork, herbs, garlic and onion, with a handful of breadcrumbs bound together with a beaten egg. Deeeeeeelish.
ReplyDeleteI don't know how we will manage when our 16 yo Palsonic machine gives up on us. It has made all our bread since the day it was bought on special for $80. We stopped baking the bread in the machine years ago. The machine is just used to knead then the dough is placed in its tin to rise in a warm spot before it is baked in the oven. We get a fantastic bread doing it this way. My husband is in charge of the bread maker and over the years has evolved his own gourmet bread recipe that just cannot be found in the shops. The other day we weighed each ingredient so that we could cost the bread as this has not been done for a while. We are making our bread for just under $2 a loaf. A comparable loaf at the bakers is at least $6. That is a mega saving. The burgers look delicious Froogs.
ReplyDeleteYummy Yum! I also read that Mc Donalds wash their beef in Ammonia to make it edible too . Enough to put anyone off.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea puting pesto in the burger I will try that. Whenever I am baking my own bread or buns etc I always take a section off and treat myself to pizza.
ReplyDeleteWe make many of our own "take aways". As dad's Alzheimer's progresses we are having more finger food meals as it is easier.
ReplyDeleteIf you wish to melt the cheese without a grill pop the cheese on top of the cooking burger and cover the pan. It won't brown but it will melt.
Actually I think that you do MacDonalds a disservice, their breakfasts are really nice. Their buns are artisan sesame seed buns with the hamburger and chicken choices. Not that I eat there a great deal, but have been recently enough to make an informed comment.
ReplyDeletePam in TX.
Oh pam, I beg you to come to the UK or France and eat real bread. Artisan means made by hand, with real ingredients - corn syrup and a whole list of chemicals are normal in processed food - ask for the ingredients list when you go in. If you like it, then carry on eating but some of us find it too chemical and processed. An artisan burger with hand cut and twice fried chips in an artisan bread roll will cost nearly £10 in a decent gastro pub whereas a burger in a bun in mc mucks costs 99p -
ReplyDeletehttp://www1.mcdonalds.ca/NutritionCalculator/IngredientFactsEN.pdf
ReplyDeleteFor pam - you can find the American list - in the UK all of Europe and it seems Canada - food producers have to list all ingredients - mc mucks is different in Europe as a lot of added ingredients such as high fructose corn syrup and other ingredients are not in mc mucks food here
ReplyDeleteHomemade burgers are a standard meal here. We chop the onion finely and press each burger into it on all sides, then just form the patty and it forces most of the onion well into the burger ... they always smelll divine when cooking :)
ReplyDeleteYes , Im a daily bread maker , sometimes rolls , pizza dough and focaccia too, you cant beat it.
ReplyDeleteIm coming down to Cornwall in a couple of weeks so I'll be trying the pastys.
Keep up the good work Froogs. xx
Yes Im a daily bread maker also rolls, pizza dough and focaccia too, you cant beat the taste and texture.
ReplyDeleteIm coming down to Cornwall in 2 weeks so I will be out looking for a good pasty.
keep up the good work Froogs. xx
I don't make my own bread but buy it in the Polish/Eastern European shops where they have sourdough and nice rye breads. We eat our burgers the Japanese way, with rice. Proper Japanese rice and a rice cooker are our luxury. I agree that white shop bought bread is awful and at least for me inedible as it actually makes me to gag.
ReplyDeleteVery occasionally we have 'pappy' bread (shop bought). It really is awful, cotton wool texture and little if any taste. We are not even keen of shop bought artisan bread as it always go hard on the outside and a little dry after one day.
ReplyDeleteYour bread rolls look SO yum I was drooling...but I must admit that I had to google baps? google gives some interesting results too hmmm. LOL. xx Debbie
ReplyDeleteps I also use my breadmaker for dough only and then bake in oven. My breadmaker shorts out the power if left to go beyond the dough cycle which leads to lots of swearing here in the cottage.
I make both bread (focaccia rolls) and burgers as well. I normally do the burgers on the BBQ. My burger recipe is similar to yours, but uses garlic rather than coriander, and very finely shredded celery or apple. The focaccia rolls are incredibly simple to make - I usually do 8 at a time & freeze them. I use them sliced in half as toast, as burger buns and whole to accompany pasta. Really versatile.
ReplyDeleteI had an avocado going squidgey so I made guacamole to go with our burgers yesterday (I'd planned something completely different for dinner, but the best laid plans and all that...!) We had no buns, but sweet potato wedges, plus salad, coleslaw, marinaded courgette-and-feta, cuke, and said guacamole. DELICIOUS! And reasonably healthy too.
ReplyDeleteYes , I make most of our own bread, in fact only this weekend during a rainy couple of hours I experimented with different breads for a change, I'm afraid we ate rather a lot of it - all in the interests of experimentation of course :-)
ReplyDeleteI feel for Pam if she honestly thinks any MacYuks bread is Artisan standard, she really needs to eat a good artisan brea roll and then she will realise just what they are being palmed off with!!
How funny, just been eating some home baked bread for lunch slathered in homemade lemon curd yum yum! I bought a bread machine a couple of weeks ago from a local charity store for seven pounds and now I'm hooked. I have baked bread before by hand but this takes out all the hard work.
ReplyDeleteI lived in the states for ten years and hated the quality of food over there. If you think our supermarket bread is awful you should try theirs, it always seems stale and costs over twice as much as our bread. You would laugh at the supermarkets version of 'artisan bread' for instance a French loaf that is soft and chewy . .
I was looking forward to getting back to the UK to get some good food, but sadly ten years away has seen a big change in what is now on offer. If you are older you remember what good food should taste like, but sadly the younger generation will never know. I think it is important to cook everything from scratch not only to save money, but to make sure that children are getting a healthy diet and that their taste buds are educated too.
I think you are doing a great job educating people and encouraging them to make better choices in there spending habits. Long may you reign.
Saw this today and wondered if you would comment
ReplyDeletehttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2402412/Poor-wasting-cash-ready-meals-says-Jamie-Oliver-Chef-criticises-families-dont-eat-cheaply-cooking-scratch.html
Yummy, real home baked bread - my favourite thing to make - there's no substitute! I'm not a big burger fan but your home made ones look tasty and himself has just come in and admired them over my shoulder, so I think they'll be on the menu now! I'm glad to honestly say I've never eaten a McYuks burger, and have never desired to.
ReplyDeleteMm pesto in burgers..I put everything in them! Tomatoes, Mayo, cucumber from the garden, fresh herbs, mustard, even radishes or carrots if there is not enough of the beforementioned "classic " veggies. One is so filling you can barely finish it!!
ReplyDeleteHi, I made your rolls today - 1st time I've made rolls in the bread maker, I've never made rolls at all in fact, apart from my lack of roll shaping skills they were perfect :] Husband and daughter both enjoyed them as did I, those rolls would of cost a fortune at a bakery [not that we could afford to buy them] so thank you - its a r4ecipe I'll definitely be doing again and very soon, Helen :]
ReplyDeleteHi, I made the bread rolls today in the bread maker, st time I've made bread rolls EVER! They were delicious, hubby and daughter agrees, those rolls would of cost a fortune at a bakery [not that we cold afford to buy them] I'll definitely be making them again and very soon, thank you, Helen
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