Pork & Beef Burgers

Burgers are good all yr round, but especially in the summer. These Pork & Beef Burgers are a riff on a favourite family unit recipe. They merely may become a favourite for you and yours besides.

From Meatball to Burger

Whenever I serve my Belgian meatballs, they're always met with rave reviews. One 24-hour interval it occurred to me that I could get that aforementioned great flavour without all that rolling, rolling, rolling of private meatballs. Not that it'due south hard to roll meatballs, mind you, but I was thinking of slapping that mixture of ground pork and beef scented with nutmeg into patties.

Afterwards all, if a Belgian meatball is delicious, how much better might it in a bun with archetype burger toppings?

Then my Pork & Beefiness Burgers came to be.

Grill or Stove?

I rarely barbecue these days, but I'grand sure these patties would grill up beautifully. I've been preparing them equally I learned to brand those meatballs: browned in butter in a skillet and and then finished in the oven. When you gustation one, you just may forget about the barbecue.

A Make-Ahead Tip

While y'all might want to cook a batch of these Pork & Beef Burgers correct away, consider the convenience of having ready-to-cook patties in the freezer whenever a burger peckish strikes.

I've been freezing raw burger patties for years. I place the shaped patties on a parchment paper-covered tray and put it into the freezer. Once they're solid, I transfer them to a freezer-safe container. This technique means I tin easily individually remove every bit many as I need. And, they final 2 to three months this fashion.

Enjoy Your Pork & Beef Burgers

The mixture of pork and beef creates a rich burger, and the hint of nutmeg adds an aura of mysteriousness. Non anybody will exist able to identify that subtle flavour, but they'll know they like it.

In fact, they'll be crowding circular as before long every bit they aroma that mouthwatering aroma as you pull a tray of burgers like these out of the oven.

The mixture of pork and beef creates a rich burger, and the hint of nutmeg adds an aura of mysteriousness. The directions are for cooking the burgers on the stovetop and finished in the oven, but y'all could brand them on the barbecue too. Just make sure they're thoroughly cooked (to at least 160°F or across). While the recipe is written for 8 burgers, you could easily stretch it to at to the lowest degree 10.

Category: Main Class

Keyword: pork & beefiness burgers

Servings: 8 burgers

Author: © Marlene Cornelis/UrbanCottageLife.com 2020

  • 1 lb extra-lean or lean ground beefiness
  • 1 lb ground pork
  • 2 eggs
  • ane/3 cup fine breadcrumbs (whole wheat or white)
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 3/four tsp freshly basis black pepper
  • one/four tsp freshly ground nutmeg
  • 2 tbsp butter

  1. Pre-heat the oven to 375℉. Line a baking tray with parchment newspaper.

  2. Place all the ingredients except the butter in a large bowl. And so, using a big fork or your hands, mix until everything is well incorporated. If you're unsure about the seasoning, form a small patty from a tablespoon of the mixture and fry information technology so y'all tin can taste it. (That's what I did!) Suit the common salt, pepper and nutmeg as needed.

  3. Divide the mixture into eight portions and grade into patties. I make them fairly think just quite large (4–5 inches) in bore because they'll corking up during cooking.

  4. Over medium loftier estrus, melt half of the butter in a large skillet. Add four of the patties and brown them well on both sides. At this stage, you lot're non cooking them through. The meat releases some fat every bit information technology'southward browning, so a lot of butter isn't necessary. Repeat for the remaining patties. Identify all the browned patties on the prepared baking tray.

  5. Bake in the oven for 20–25 minutes. They should be thoroughly cooked, to at least 160°F on a meat thermometer. I generally bake mine to around 180° and they're never dried out.

  6. Serve on the buns of your choice with a selection of condiments and fixin's.

For optional extra season, add about 1/3 loving cup finely chopped onion to the meat mixture and/or a few tablespoons of ketchup.

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