Recipe: The Aussie Beef Burger
It’s all about the Beetroot and Fried Egg.
Yes that’s correct. Like most of the burger featured on Flaevor, what burger is complete without a gooey fried egg. A fried egg on top of sliced beetroot, on top of melted cheddar cheese, fried white onions and a juicy beef patty. A burger that some of you may have eaten from a local Australian chippie if you ever were in Australia, which almost always has a fried egg and beetroot on it.
Beef and Beetroot
because beetroot is dense in texture and sweet in flavour it pairs harmoniously with rich fatty meats such as beef (also pork and duck). When used in this burger recipe, the cooling quality cuts through the salty cheese, mayo sauce and gooey fried egg to give balance to the overall combination of tastes.
How to make The Aussie Beef Burger
Start by preparing all the ingredients on a plate or chopping board
Season beef mince and form into a patty
Fry beef patty with onions placed on top until the bottom becomes brown and crispy
Flip patty over so the onions are now underneath toughing the frying pan
Layer with sliced pickles
Followed by cheddar cheese. Cover with a lid and cook until cheese has melted
Remove patty
Using the beef fat still in the pan, add brioche buns and fry cut-side down
Add a little more oil to the pan if needed and when hot fry egg until crispy
Divide ketchup-mustard sauce between the two buns. Then starting with the bottom brioche bun, layer lettuce, tomatoes, beef patty, beetroot and finally the fried egg. Top with remaining brioche.
The Aussie Beef Burger
Ingredients
- 1 brioche burger bun
- 150 g beef mince
- Pinch of cumin
- 1/2 white onion sliced thinly
- Cheddar cheese slices
- 3 sliced cooked beetroot
- Tomato slices
- Lettuce
- 2 Tbsp tomato ketchup
- 1 Tbsp mustard
- Sea Salt Flakes
Instructions
- Season beef mince with salt and form into a patty a little larger than your burger bun.
- Heat a frying pan with oil. Add the beef patty into the pan and place the sliced onions on top of the patty. Season the onions well with salt. Cook until the bottom is browned and crisp. Flip patty over, so that the onions are now underneath.
- Layer sliced pickles and cheddar cheese on top of the patty and cover with a lid. Cook until cheese has melted.
- Remove patty from frying pan. Keeping the fat in the pan and place brioche buns into the pan, cut side down and toast until lightly browned.
- Add a little more oil to the pan if needed and when hot crack in an egg and fry until crispy around the edges. Season with salt.
- Build your burger: layer with ketchup-mustard sauce, lettuce, tomatoes, sprinkle of salt on the tomatoes, beef patty, beetroot, fried egg and finish with brioche top.