Friday, 18 January 2013

Recipe for my Homemade Burgers

Finally getting back into the swing of things again... thank goodness!!
Burgers are one of my favourite meals to eat even though they can be messy. I love experimenting and concocting new combinations, this burger is quite simple but amazing all the same.


Ingredients:

For 6 Burgers
  • 455 grams of minced beef
  • 1 egg 
  • 4 tablespoons of semolina 
  • Salt and Pepper
  Topping
  • 4 Red Onions (sliced) 
  • Balsamic Vinegar 
  • Emmental Cheese
  • Sour Cream 
  • Hot Sauce 
  • BBQ Sauce
  • Rustic or Tiger bread buns 

Potato Wedges
  • Potato's 
  • Olive oil 
  • Salt and Pepper 


Method:

  1.  In a large bowl combine the minced beef, egg, semolina, salt and pepper, once the mixture is combined form into patties and place onto a flat baking sheet.
  2. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Slice the potato’s into wedges and pat dry using a clean dish towel and then onto a roasting pan. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper, bake the wedges in the oven for 30 minutes turning half way through.
  3. Slice up the red onions and gently cook them in a pan with olive oil and balsamic vinegar until caramelized.
  4. Heat up a grill pan on a medium heat, place a little bit of oil onto the burger patties before placing onto the heat. (To stop the fire alarm from going off.) Just before the burgers have finished cooking place the cheese onto of each burger and cloche with a dinner plate or lid, drizzle in some water to create steam and to melt the cheese perfectly.
  5. Meanwhile mix up some mayonnaise, hot sauce and bbq sauce and spread onto of the bread buns. Place on the burgers and top with the caramelized onions.





Love Lx









Friday, 4 January 2013

My Apologies

First off i hope everybody had a magical christmas and a very happy new year!!


I'm so sorry guys that i have lacked in communication side of things over the festive period and my apologies as i never got to finish my Countdown to Christmas posts. I have been thinking about completing them as i sadly couldn't before christmas as i have spent most of this past two weeks in bed making it out for the occasional visit/gathering. 
Due to silliness on my part as i was so caught up in the Christmas cheer i managed to get caught in the door which ended with me falling on my bottom, but thank goodness i've managed to get away with only abit of bruising. I was incredibly lucky as it could of went in a totally different direction, of course i'm a wee bit sore but thats all due to the bruising. The family are making light of it and saying i resemble an old lady or snail, but i'm a wee bit of a snail anyways unless theres something like a store in front of me. 


I'm starting to feel much better just need to get rid of this bruising as it was a bad way to start this new year. Being put on bed rest isn't exactly fun durning this time of year but its ok in others for 1) getting to fall asleep when ever you want. 2) Continually being dressed in lounge wear/pj's. 3) watching TV/Movies marathons. 


Love, 
Lx