Hamburger

Made hamburgers for lunch today (another Neil Perry recipe). It was a good meal, slightly on the carnivorous side but that's okay, me and E don't eat that much red meat on a regular basis. I bought chuck steak, seasoned it with sea salt overnight, and handminced it in the morning, then moulded the mince into patties (there is no need to add egg or anything else to make the mince stick together). Grill patties with a splash of extra virgin olive oil, and rest them for 5 min after they're cooked to medium (about 6 min total). Soften some cheddar slices on the patties while resting, and fry up some bacon. Toast the buns (i used English muffins because the readymade hamburger buns looked so uninspiring) and assemble the patties, cheese, bacon, cherry tomatos and a dollop of BBQ sauce. Open a bottle of ginger beer with the burgers. Simply heavenly!