Homemade Beef Burgers with Ambassador Chef Jack Crosti

With lockdown in full force, you may be missing your favourite burger takeaways. We know there is nothing better than a delicious juicy beef burger and Beef + Lamb Ambassador Chef, Jack Crosti has the perfect solution. He makes his burgers from scratch using steak with good fat content for the meat patty with his home-made buns and home-made pickles which makes these burgers just that little bit extra special.

Get your ingredients ready from the list below and follow along with Jack as he shows you how to cook the best beef burgers under lockdown.

Ingredients you will need to make 6 burgers:

Burger Buns:

  • 500g all-purpose flour 15g sugar 15g honey 125g sourdough starter (or 65g water and 60g flour) 125g water

  • 125g milk

  • 25g butter

  • 25g olive oil

  • 12g fresh yeast

  • 12g salt

  • ¼ tsp turmeric

Home-made pickles:

  • Equal parts of rice vinegar and water

  • 50gm sugar

  • 10gm salt

  • Black pepper corns

  • Star anise

  • Coriander seeds

  • Chilli flakes

  • Cucumber slices

Meat Patties:

  • 600gm sirloin steak, finely chopped or

  • 600gm beef mince

  • Salt and pepper

Dressing:

  • Tomato sauce

  • American mustard

  • Mayonnaise

To serve:

  • Sliced tomato

RECIPE, AMBASSADOR CHEFSKatie WardLockdown, Jack Crosti, Beef, Burger