What Makes Great Gourmet Burgers?
If there's a recipe in creating good gourmet burger patties, it's the selection of right kind of meat, forming the patty and cooking it just right. When purchasing hamburgers, many people prefer buying the pre-packaged ground beef and have no clue on what's really inside that package. Did the ground beef originated from several cows or one cow or any other meat?
Then, you opened up the hamburger patty maker package, the meat is red on the outside however, as you look into the centre, it looks brown. Now, there are some people who say that this is natural occurrence. You are likely to get this condition if the meat is exposed to oxygen and combined with something called myoglobin. And not to worry, the meat is still edible and fresh. But are we being tricked around? Have you ever tried buying pre-packaged hamburgers and sensed any type of funny or unusual smell from it? Perhaps, have you ever noticed something strange while you're cooking it? If yes, one thing is for sure, the burger patty is not fresh as what the packaging says.
Those who have personally experience such matter have opted to choose their own meat and either have it grinded by the butcher or grinding it on their own. When it comes to the latter, it isn't really that a hassle as what you think. You can make use of a weber grill light processor in pulsating mode and then buy a hand meat grinder or the mechanical one.
However, the next challenge that people have when trying to make their own patty is what type of meat to choose. As a matter of fact, there are various options that you can have similar to beef sirloin, brisket, ground check, chicken, lamb, turkey and buffalo. You could combine these meats depending on your preference like the sirloin and ground chuck. The ground chuck contains a bit more fat and if you try combining it with sirloin, it'll cut down the fatty content it has. Or if you wish to use the sirloin only, it can result to a really dry burger.
Mixing beefs with turkeys can make your patty to be softer but harder to cook. However, you could add some breadcrumbs to be able to make it firmer especially when barbecuing it. You may even add any type of spices that suits your taste buds similar to eggs, dry rubs, onions, peppers, cheese and garlic to patties.
Then, you opened up the hamburger patty maker package, the meat is red on the outside however, as you look into the centre, it looks brown. Now, there are some people who say that this is natural occurrence. You are likely to get this condition if the meat is exposed to oxygen and combined with something called myoglobin. And not to worry, the meat is still edible and fresh. But are we being tricked around? Have you ever tried buying pre-packaged hamburgers and sensed any type of funny or unusual smell from it? Perhaps, have you ever noticed something strange while you're cooking it? If yes, one thing is for sure, the burger patty is not fresh as what the packaging says.
Those who have personally experience such matter have opted to choose their own meat and either have it grinded by the butcher or grinding it on their own. When it comes to the latter, it isn't really that a hassle as what you think. You can make use of a weber grill light processor in pulsating mode and then buy a hand meat grinder or the mechanical one.
However, the next challenge that people have when trying to make their own patty is what type of meat to choose. As a matter of fact, there are various options that you can have similar to beef sirloin, brisket, ground check, chicken, lamb, turkey and buffalo. You could combine these meats depending on your preference like the sirloin and ground chuck. The ground chuck contains a bit more fat and if you try combining it with sirloin, it'll cut down the fatty content it has. Or if you wish to use the sirloin only, it can result to a really dry burger.
Mixing beefs with turkeys can make your patty to be softer but harder to cook. However, you could add some breadcrumbs to be able to make it firmer especially when barbecuing it. You may even add any type of spices that suits your taste buds similar to eggs, dry rubs, onions, peppers, cheese and garlic to patties.