BBQ season is well under way and there’s nothing better than a homemade beef burger, made with quality beef and fresh ingredients, it’s the only beef burger I’ll eat ! The inclusion of a slice of melting mozzarella adds to the ultimate burger experience, this is O.H’s favourite.
Makes: 4 generous or 6 medium sized burgers
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil for frying
- 1 large onion finely diced
- 500g good quality minced beef
- 1 teaspoon freshly chopped thyme
- 1 tablespoon freshly chopped oregano
- 4 tablespoons fresh breadcrumbs
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 mozzarella ball cut into 4 or 6 thin slices (depending on how many burgers you’re making)
- Gently sauté the onions in the vegetable oil until soft and leave to cool.
- Transfer to a large bowl and add the rest of the ingredients except for the mozzarella.
- With clean hands, mix everything together and divide into 8 or 12.
- Shape into patties and flatten.
- Take 4 or 6 patty pieces and place a slice of mozzarella in the centre of each one.
- Top each mozzarella slice with the remaining patties and seal together.
- A burger press makes light work of this if you have one.
- Firm up your burgers by placing them in the fridge for at least 30 minutes – if you have the time, a couple of hours is better.
- Cook burgers on a BBQ (or fry in a frying pan) for about 5 to 6 minutes on each side until cooked through.
- Use a spatula to lightly press your beef burgers down whilst cooking to make sure the mozzarella melts.
- Serve in a burger bun.
- We serve ours in a Ted’s Roll with lettuce and tomato, a few sliced gherkins and a red onion relish (made from sautéing red onion slices until soft and adding a little homemade chilli jam) and a side order of homemade oven fries.
I’m sending this recipe off to a few food challenges this month:
- The Family Foodies challenge created by Eat Your Veg and Bangers and Mash where the theme is Al Fresco.
- Made with Love Mondays hosted by Mark at Javelin Warrior, where everything is made from scratch.
- Recipe of the Week hosted by Emily at A Mummy Too.
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Hi Sarah, just a quickie to say thanks for sharing this recipe – what with these and your bean burgers we’ve never used our BBQ so much!
That’s fantastic Saz, so pleased that you’re enjoying our Mozzarella Melt Beef Burgers & Easy Bean Burgers.It’s a pleasure to share our favourite Kitchen Shed recipes.
Can’t beat a homemade burger on the barbie. I too like to add a little cheese for a runny centre in mine using Mozzarella or even a cheekie slice of St Agur if the mood takes me. Thanks so much for linking up to Family Foodies June ‘Al Fresco’ event.
Ooooh what a fab idea! I always make my own burgers too and will be definitely trying this! Thanks
I love the sound of a stuffed burger and have to admit to never having had one before. And as for those Ted’s rolls – just perfect.
Stuffed burgers are so awesome 🙂 You bite in and there’s the wonderful cheesy surprise. Somehow it beats seeing the cheese on top and makes the burger seem more refined 😉