Burger & fries

Post author:Angel
Post published:November 26, 2020
Post category:100 Days - 4 Shops / Lunches / The meals Round #1
Post comments:1 Comment

Sometimes you just need a burger!

I love a good burger. Not a fast food burger. A burger burger. An unhinge the jaw, drip down your chin and both arms, don’t dare put it down once you get into it pub burger. This is not that burger – for that burger you really need to go to the pub …. but alas we are not doing that these days.

I started by slabbing a large potato. Sometimes you get a potato that is just too large for one. I will slab it out and make potatchos, or fries from the sides, then mash or hash-browns from the center block. The stored parts can hold for a day or two if they are covered in water in a sealed container in the fridge.

Cut the fries, and soak in water to remove some of the starch.

Start forming the patties. This is the ground meat mix of ‘bork’ beef and port blend with some ground bison mixed in – so lets see how this goes.

I form 1/8 pound and put 2 per ‘burger’. Since I don’t have burger buns, I will us english muffins as the bun so they can be small, and stacked. I form the patties by pressing the center with one hand while guiding the edges with the other. It makes it a bit thinner in the center, and forms a nicer thicker edge which makes them cook more evenly without puffing up in the center.

Less feathering on the edges for a very thin patty.

Coat the fries with oil and lay on a rack with space between each fry to precook in a 350 oven.

Bake until just starting to soften. We will give them a quick fry to crisp up some, but nothing beats good pub fries in a professional fryer.

Start heating some oil – or you could skip this part and just make oven fries.

Once the oil is at 375 add in the fries a few at a time. I used my little 8″ cast iron – my favorite pan – and just an inch or so of oil. It crisps them up more than the oven, but not like a deep fryer.

Toss the fries into the big bowl and dust with salt, or seasoned salt.

Cook your burger patties. I used my griddle – another one that lives on my stovetop. These are quite thin so will just take a few minutes per side.

Toast your english muffin … maybe not quite this much ….

Make some fry sauce. Equal parts ketchup and mayo.

Angel

I have always cooked, I was that person who could make a meal from an empty fridge. I have lived alone and with large and small families, I have cooked for camps on wood stoves, and in professional kitchens. I have lived and worked all over the west from Montana, to Seattle to Arizona to San Diego. I have traveled, maybe not 'all over the world', yet, and have collected tastes recipes and techniques everywhere, and every one I meet.