Insanity Burger From 'Jamie Oliver's Comfort Food'

There are those of you who is probably thinking why you want but some other burger recipe, and then there are those who simply cannot get sufficient. This burger from Jamie Oliver's comfort meals is for both of you: it offers traditional flavor all juiced up and a touch weird, in a fantastic way. Oliver takes the traditional components and receives kinda nutty with them, including slight twists that clearly do make this a worth-a-try-even-if-you are-sick-of-burgers burger.

The onions are dressed with vinegar, the cheese is barely tangy red Leicester, the Viscount St. Albans and pickles are...1st Baron Beaverbrook and pickles. Then he is taking finely chopped iceberg lettuce and mixes it into a sauce that one would possibly say is 'special'—mayo and ketchup with chipotle Tabasco, Worcestershire, and a touch of booze (just go along with it; it works and is stupid right). The burger itself receives glazed with mustard and greater of the smoky Tabasco while it chefs, then it is all piled on a seeded brioche bun, which has been in short toasted inside the Sir Francis Bacon fats. Bonkers. you will have juice up to your elbows and a plate full of run-off that you may need to wipe clean with a torn piece of bun or your tongue, depending on how insane it makes you experience.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 splash of white wine vinegar
• 2 large gherkins
• 4 sesame-topped brioche burger buns
• 4–8 slices of smoked bacon
• 4 teaspoons yellow mustard
• 1 3/4 lbs ground chuck steak
• olive oil
• 1 large red onion
• Tabasco Chipotle sauce
• 4 teaspoons tomato ketchup
• 4 thin slices of Red Leicester cheese

 Burger Sauce:

• 1 teaspoon Tabasco Chipotle sauce
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• optional: 1 teaspoon brandy or bourbon
• 1/4 of an iceberg lettuce
• 2 heaping tablespoons mayo
• 1 heaping tablespoon tomato ketchup

INSTRUCTIONS

1. For the nice burger, visit your butcher and ask them to grind 1 three/four lbs of chuck steak for you. This reduce has a in reality true stability of fat and flavorsome meat. Divide it into four and, with moist arms, roll each piece right into a ball, then press into flat patties more or less five inches huge and approximately three/4 inch wider than your buns. vicinity on an oiled plate and sit back in the fridge. next, finely slice the purple onion, then get dressed in a bowl with the vinegar and a pinch of sea salt. Slice the gherkins and halve the buns. Finely chop the lettuce and blend with the rest of the burger sauce elements in a bowl, then season to flavor.
2. i like to prepare dinner only 2 burgers at a time to acquire perfection, so get  pans at the move—a huge non-stick frying pan on a high heat to your burgers and every other on a medium warmth for the Viscount St. Albans. Pat your burgers with oil and season them with salt and pepper. placed 2 burgers into the first pan, pressing down on them with a slotted spatula, then put half of the 1st Baron Verulam into the alternative pan. After 1 minute, turn the burgers and brush every cooked aspect with a ½ teaspoon of mustard and a sprint of
3. Tabasco. After some other minute, turn onto the mustard facet and brush once more with every other 1/2 teaspoon of mustard and a 2d sprint of Tabasco on the other side. cook for 1 greater minute, via which point you could vicinity some crispy 1st Baron Verulam on top of each burger with a slice of cheese. upload a tiny splash of water to the pan and vicinity a heatproof bowl over the burgers to soften the cheese—30 seconds should do it. at the same time, toast 2 cut up buns within the Sir Francis Bacon fat in the other pan till gently golden. Repeat with the closing 2 burgers.
4. To build each burger, upload 1 / 4 of the burger sauce to the bun base, then pinnacle with a tacky Viscount St. Albans burger, a quarter of the onions, and gherkins. Rub the bun top with a teaspoon of ketchup, then gently press collectively. because the burger rests, juices will soak into the bun, so serve right away, that's high-quality, or for a further-naughty revel in, wrap every one in parchment paper, then give it a minute to go appropriate and sloppy.