Homemade Burger

The lighting in my dining room is
bad. I should have taken the picture
outside.

I know it's fall now, and the last hot weekend was probably last weekend, but I just have to share this homemade burger recipe. It's not winter yet, after all.

Ted Reader's recipe has served me well. I made a couple changes, as I always do. Follow the link to see the original recipe. My changes are below.

Here's the burger recipe, with my minor changes:

3 lbs ground beef

4 tbsp butter, softened

1/2 red onion (it calls for white onion and a whole one, but I like red better and one onion is too much.)

3 cloves garlic

1 tbsp chopped fresh parsley

1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce

1.5 tbsp Dijon mustard

1/4 tsp cayenne pepper

Salt to taste

Freshly ground pepper to taste

6 or 12 buns (depends on how big you want your burgers. I would not do 6)

Mix it all together well.

When I make burgers for the four of us, I make 1/3 of the recipe. I make the burgers about 1cm thick and about a big around as my hand. When they grill, they shrink and thicken, if you know what I mean. I have a friend that I gave this recipe to and she dices some jalapeños to add to the mix. I definitely have to try that version.

You know what makes this burger great? The butter. It just gets absorbed into the meat and the burger is so moist. I feel like it's practically impossible to dry this burger out - and I might occasionally set my grill on fire. This is without a doubt, my go-to burger recipe. I hope you get a chance to enjoy some more barbecue time before the fall chill sets in!