Burgers, What Are Your Favorites?

[Morning Glory]

Tyler Florence's brisket burger

I decided to make my own with proportions of 40% chuck, 40% sirloin, and 20% brisket,

Two mentions of brisket in this thread! Now, my understanding of brisket is that its a long slow cook type of meat - so we are simply talking of ground raw brisket in the burger?

 

[detroitdad]

 

[Yorky]

You canny beat a runny fried egg on top of a burger.

Bloody messy though!

 

[epicuric]

Two mentions of brisket in this thread! Now, my understanding of brisket is that its a long slow cook type of meat - so we are simply talking of ground raw brisket in the burger?

Definitely brisket is the way to go. When I make burgers (which is pretty rarely) I use a mix of chuck and either brisket or skirt, all ground up together using a mincer attachment on a Kenwood Chef. I wish I could lay my hands on the recipe but I do remember it contains Marmite, English mustard and horseradish, so a huge umami kick! Steak burgers I avoid - why grind up a perfectly good piece of steak? Besides, a good burger needs to be at least 20% fat which you wouldn't get with steak alone.