In summer, of course, there's plenty of barbecuing with delicious meat, but many of these products can also be perfectly prepared indoors in the kitchen during other seasons. Take for example a hamburger, which is actually the number 1 barbecue meat, eaten with just a sauce or in a bun.
Basic recipe and spices and herbs as additions
The basic recipe for 4 hamburgers consists of the following ingredients: 400 grams of ground beef, half a slice of crumbled bread (or rusk or 4 tablespoons of breadcrumbs), half an egg, 2 tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce and salt and pepper to taste. For extra flavour you can add all kinds of herbs and other ingredients, such as onion (or even tastier: spring onion), paprika, peppers, mustard, garlic, cumin powder, coriander, chives, or Italian herbs. For a creamy effect you can also add (Dutch) cheese or blue cheese, making it essentially a cheeseburger during preparation!
The ground meat: make it yourself with a meat grinder
Ground beef can of course be bought ready-made, but you can also make this basic ingredient yourself using a meat grinder for an even more flavourful burger. Meat for a hamburger should not be too lean because a lot of fat is lost during frying or barbecuing. On the other hand, you should also not use meat that is too fatty, otherwise nothing will be left of the hamburger during preparation. In terms of beef, you can easily use beef neck and rib cuts, but also a mix of entrecôte and steak. If you want to vary in flavour, you can also make a hamburger from chicken, veal, lamb, wild boar or deer. Cut the meat into small cubes and let it partially freeze (so that you can no longer squeeze it). You make the ground meat using a meat grinder, which is best also pre-cooled in the freezer. If the meat and the meat grinder are frozen before grinding the meat, the fat in the meat will not smear out and it will look better.
