Mini Burger

Rebecca loves burgers. She loves that Shaggy and Scooby Doo loves burgers too! So I decided to try making some at home.

I based my burger on an Annabel Karmel recipe from My Favourite Recipes. But my husband is not fond of onions, so I skipped that step.

Ingredients:

• 250g lean mince beef
• 40g fresh breadcrumbs (2 slices of bread)
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 tbsp milk
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• about 1 tbsp of fresh oregano chopped
• salt & pepper

Method:

• Put it all in a bowl and mix together with your hands. 
• Divide the mixture into 12 small balls. Flatten them slightly. Cover and chill in the fridge.
• For cooking, I put them in the George Forman grill for a few minutes until cooked through.

The recipe for the rolls comes from an absolutely brilliant bread machine recipe book by Annette Yates called Fresh Bread in the Morning. I use the Bridge Roll recipe, but I make them into round rolls instead.

Ingredients:

• 1 egg
• Semi skimmed milk
• 1 tsp yeast
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp golden caster sugar
• 500 g strong white flour
• 40 g butter, cut into small cubes

Method:

• Break the egg into a jug and beat it slightly. Make the mixture up to 300 ml by adding the milk.
• Add the dry ingredients to your bread machine, followed by the butter, then the egg/milk mixture. Set your bread machine to the appropriate basic dough setting. On my machine the programme lasts 2 hours 20 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 180 degrees (fan)
• When the programme is finished, turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead it lightly to knock out the air.
• Cut the dough into 24 pieces. Shape into balls. Arrange on the baking try quite close together.
• Cover and leave it to rise (30 minutes or so).
• Put in the oven and cook for about 12 minutes, until golden brown and cooked through.
• Transfer to a wire rack and leave to cool.

These are really tasty burgers and the rolls are good with everything! The roll in the picture was glazed with an egg, which is suggested in the recipe book. However, I forgot to glaze them one time and found that they were just as nice without the glaze, so I save using up an egg and do without now.

Obviously the chips and sweetcorn are just a serving suggestion... but burgers without chips? Come on!