Almost a month late since my birthday was in February...but still equally delicious.
We are both Swedish but I grew up in America. I am not a huge fan of American food but on the rare occasion a really juicy homemade burger can be super delicious.
Our burger meal included bakery bought large white rolls, a huge juicy burger, homemade sweet and spicy barbecue sauce, home fries and sweet potato fries and a bottle of McManis petite sirah 2007.
For the burger we used:
half a pound of mixed ground beef and ground pork
half an onion that was chopped and browned
one egg
a few dashes of bread crumbs
lots of freshly cracked black pepper
2 pinches of salt
1 heaping tsp of veal stock
and a few squirts of liquid smoke
This was mixed by hand and formed into two huge patties. They were browned in a frying pan then finished in the oven at 200 degrees Celsius for about 10 minutes.
The Barbecue sauce:
half an onion chopped
one garlic clove finely chopped
half of a fresh green chili finely chopped
a one centimeter piece of ginger finely chopped
one carrot finely chopped
half a cup of brown sugar
half a can of pureed tomatoes
big dash of both regular chili and ancho chili powder
salt and pepper to taste
All the veggies were sauteed till soft and slightly caramelized. Sugar and spices were then added next till melted. Pureed tomatoes were added last and everything simmered together for a few minutes. We served our sauce warm.
Enjoy!
