Easy homemade beef burger recipe
The classic burger is an all-time BBQ favourite! This super easy
homemade beef burger recipe gives you delicious patties, packed with
onions and herbs for extra flavour, that are perfect for topping with
cheese, lettuce and tomato, and sandwiching between floury buns.
Ingredients
• ½ tbsp olive oil
• 1 onion, peeled and finely chopped
• 1 x 500g pack British Beef Steak
Mince
• 1 tsp mixed dried herbs
• 1 egg, beaten
• 4 slices mature Cheddar (optional)
• 4 white rolls
• few round lettuce leaves, torn
• 1 beef tomato, sliced
• ketchup, to serve (optional)
Method
1. Heat the olive oil in a frying pan, add the onion and cook for 5 minutes until
softened and starting to turn golden. Set aside.
2. In a bowl, combine the beef mince with the herbs and the egg. Season with
salt & pepper, add the onions and mix well. Using your hands, shape into 4
patties.
3. Cook the burgers on a preheated barbecue or griddle for 5-6 minutes on
each side. While the second side is cooking, lay a slice of cheese on top to
melt slightly (if using).
4. Meanwhile, lightly toast the cut-sides of the buns on the barbecue. Fill with
the lettuce, burgers and tomato slices. Serve with ketchup, if you like.
Eton mess – makes 6
2 large egg whites
120g caster sugar
500g strawberries, take the stalk off and
roughly chopped
450ml double cream
1 tbsp icing sugar
Method
STEP 1 You can always use ready-made meringue nests if time is
short.
Heat oven to 120C/100C fan/gas 1 and line a large baking tray with
parchment paper. Whisk the egg whites in a clean bowl using an electric
whisk until they reach stiff peaks, then add the sugar in 3 lots, re-whisking
to stiff peaks every time. Spoon dollops of the mixture onto the baking
parchment, cook on the bottom shelf of the oven for 1hr – 1hr15 mins until
the meringues are completely hard and come off the paper easily. Leave to
cool.
STEP 2
Blitz 1/3 of the strawberries to make a strawberry sauce. In a large bowl
whisk the cream with the icing sugar until it just holds its shape. Roughly
crush ¾ of the meringues and tip them in with the chopped strawberries
and stir, then swirl through the strawberry sauce. Dollop into bowls then
crush the remaining meringues, sprinkling the pieces over the top.
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MINI STRAWBERRY PAVLOVA
• 6 meringue nests – you could use the recipe from the Eton mess if
you want to make your own.
• 200 g strawberries
• A little caster sugar - optional
• 150 ml whipping or double cream
• ½ vanilla extract
• A little dark chocolate to garnish
• Start by whipping your cream,
with an electric whisk. You want it to be soft and smooth
but firm enough to hold it’s shape. Add the vanilla extract
and fold it in so it's evenly distributed
• Remove the green bits from your strawberries and chop them
into slices.
• Spoon the cream into the meringue nests and top each one
with strawberry slices. If the strawberries are a little sharp,
sprinkle a pinch of caster sugar over each one to add a little
extra sweetness.
• Grate a little dark chocolate on top of each one and serve,
mind your fingers!
Top tip!
They also look really pretty garnished with some mint leaves if you
have any in the garden.
Apple, elderflower & mint sparkle
Ingredients
75ml elderflower cordial
1L cloudy apple juice
small handful mint leaves, roughly chopped
bottle sparkling water
Method
• STEP 1
For a grown-up non-alcoholic drink, mix elderflower cordial with cloudy
apple juice. Add a small handful mint leaves, stir well, then pour into a
chilled flask or jug if you are serving this at a bbq.
• STEP 2
At the picnic or bbq, pour half glasses of the juice and top up with sparkling
water.
