My favourite food

My favourite food

Burgers

Presentation

Mamadjonova nilufar

PREP-N 22 Up

My favourite food

• Hi, my name is nilufar. I live in Namangan. I like eat fast food. Especially burgers, they are so delicious and easy to make. That is why, I really love them. But I think it is unhealthy to eat fast food every day.

History of burgers

As versions of the meal have been served for over a century, its origin remains ambiguous. The 1758 edition of the book The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy by Hannah Glasse included a recipe in 1758 as "Hamburgh sausage," which suggested to serve it "roasted with toasted bread under it." A similar snack was also popular in Hamburg by the name "Rundstück warm" ("bread roll warm") in 1869 or earlier, and supposedly eaten by many emigrants on their way to America, but may have contained roasted beefsteak rather than Frikadeller. It has been suggested that Hamburg steak served between two pieces of bread and frequently eaten by Jewish passengers travelling from Hamburg to New York on Hamburg America Line vessels (which began operations in 1847) became so well known that the shipping company gave its name to the dish. Each of these may mark the invention of the hamburger and explain the name.
How to make a burger
Ingredients

• 1 small onion, diced
• 500g good-quality beef mince
• 1 egg
• 1 tbsp vegetable oil
• 4 burger buns
• All or any of the following to serve: sliced tomato, beetroot, horseradish sauce, mayonnaise, ketchup, handful iceberg lettuce, rocket, watercress

How to make a burger
Method

• STEP 1 Tip 500g beef mince into a bowl with 1 small diced onion and 1 egg, then mix.
• STEP 2 Divide the mixture into four. Lightly wet your hands. Carefully roll the mixture into balls, each about the size of a tennis ball.
• STEP 3 Set in the palm of your hand and gently squeeze down to flatten into patties about 3cm thick. Make sure all the burgers are the same thickness so that they will cook evenly.
• STEP 4 Put on a plate, cover with cling film and leave in the fridge to firm up for at least 30 mins.
• STEP 5 Heat the barbecue to medium hot (there will be white ash over the red hot coals – about 40 mins after lighting). Lightly brush one side of each burger with vegetable oil.

• STEP 6 Place the burgers, oil-side down, on the barbecue. Cook for 5 mins until the meat is lightly charred. Don’t move them around or they may stick.
• STEP 7 Oil the other side, then turn over using tongs. Don’t press down on the meat, as that will squeeze out the juices.
• STEP 8 Cook for 5 mins more for medium. If you like your burgers pink in the middle, cook 1 min less each side. For well done, cook 1 min more.
• STEP 9 Take the burgers off the barbecue. Leave to rest on a plate so that all the juices can settle inside.
• STEP 10 Slice four burger buns in half. Place, cut-side down, on the barbecue rack and toast for 1 min until they are lightly charred. Place a burger inside each bun, then top with your choice of accompaniment.

Thank you for attention!