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Best cheeseburgers

Name: Best cheeseburgers
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Makes 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 450g beef mince (ideally 15-20% fat); 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce; 8 cheddar or Red Leicester slices; 1 tbsp chipotle paste; 5 tbsp tomato ketchup; 2 tbsp mayonnaise; 4 large soft brioche buns (available in Marks & Spencer and Waitrose) or burger buns, halved; 4 thick leaves iceberg lettuces; 4 thick slices beefsteak tomatoes; 4 very thin slices red onions; 16 Bread & butter pickles (see Goes well with) or 2 gherkins thinly sliced

Jennifer Joyce

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Makes 4

Easy

Prep: 10 mins

Cook: 10 mins

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These diner-style cheeseburgers have gooey melted cheese and all the fixings - the ultimate American beef burgers for a barbecue feast

Freezable (uncooked patties only)

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Ingredients

Nutrition

Units:

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450g beef mince

(ideally 15-20% fat)
2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
8 cheddar

or Red Leicester slices
1 tbsp chipotle paste
5 tbsp tomato ketchup
2 tbsp mayonnaise

To serve

4 large soft brioche buns

(available in Marks & Spencer and Waitrose) or burger buns, halved
4 thick leaves iceberg lettuces
4 thick slices beefsteak tomatoes
4 very thin slices red onions
16 Bread & butter pickles (see Goes well with) or 2 gherkins

thinly sliced

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Nutrition: per burger

kcal723
fat44g
saturates18g
carbs44g
sugars19g
fibre3g
protein36g
salt4.7g

Method

step 1

Put the meat and Worcestershire sauce in a bowl and season with black pepper and 1 generous tsp salt. Mix together well, then shape the meat into 4 thin, flat burgers. Chill until needed. Can be made a day ahead. Combine the chipotle paste, ketchup and mayonnaise in a bowl to make a sauce.
step 2

Heat a gas or charcoal barbecue to high (or you can use a griddle pan on the hob). Cook the burgers over direct heat for 2 mins each side or until grill marks appear. Top each with 2 slices of cheese and cook for another 30 secs or until melted, then remove from the heat. Toast the buns for a few seconds on the cut-side.
step 3

Spread a little of the spicy sauce on the base of each bun and top with lettuce, tomato, a burger patty, onion and pickles. Top with the bun lid and devour immediately.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, July 2015

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