Cookbooks ready!

So over the last year or so I've collected quite a few cookbooks, so decided to try using them a bit more!

This is one of my favourite books: 

I love doing home-made burgers, and trying to make them a bit more interesting. This book is full of interesting takes on the standard beef burger! The recipes are all easy to follow with loads of pictures!

Today I decided to have a go at the sautéed mushroom burgers, they turned out to be a success, so I thought I'd share them!If you measure and prep everything before-hand they only take a few minutes to make!

My new favourite chopping toy is the Mezzaluna chopper, it's perfect for finely chopping things, takes very little effort aswell!!

                       

A lot of burger recipes I've seen and used before say to bind the beef with egg yolk or breadcrumbs, I don't really use eggs very often so always ended up wasting them. I've found in these recipes, they say to just pop the burgers in the fridge for 30mins once they've been made. It does work, never had an issue with them falling apart mid-cooking!

I did make a few tweaks to the recipe. Had some bacon left over so wrapped the burgers in them, then topped them off with cheese before serving with a nice dollop of bourbon BBQ sauce!

Burgers with Sautéed mushrooms

Prep time: 10 mins plus 30 mins chilling time

Cook time: 25 mins

Makes: 4

oil

2 garlic cloves, finely chopped

4 mushrooms, stalks removed, very finely chopped

400g beef mince

1tsp Dijon mustard

salt and pepper

1 tsp rosemary

4 slices of cheese

4 slices streaky bacon

4 bread rolls

bourbon bbq sauce

1.  Heat the oil in a pan and sauté the garlic and rosemary for a few seconds, then add the mushrooms. Season to taste, reduce the heat and cook for 15 minutes.

2. Put the beef mince into a mixing bowl, season with salt and pepper. Add the sautéed mushrooms and mustard, then mix together and shape into four patties. Wrap the patties in the bacon, and pop in the fridge for 30 mins.

3. Heat some more oil in a pan. Add the patties and cook for 5 mins until browned. Turn the patties over, place the cheese on top, and cook for another 5 mins.

4. Serve in the bread rolls with a dollop of bourbon bbq sauce.