Best-Ever Burger Recipe

What better way to celebrate the warm weather than with a burger cook-off! Start with our best-ever gourmet burger recipe, add your favourite condiments and have friends build their own ultimate burger.

For a really juicy burger, look for beef mince that’s not too lean, and always rest your meat after cooking (and don’t lose those resting juices, they’re great drizzled over a salad or mixed in with barbecue sauce for chips).

Ingredients

500g beef mince
2 tbsp McCormick Grill Mates Blazin Pepper Steak
1 red capsicum, deseeded and quartered
4 hamburger rolls, spilt
1/2 cup ready-made basil pesto
50 g baby rocket leaves
1/2 cup beetroot dip or relish

Method

1. Combine mince with McCormick Grill Mates Blazin Pepper Steak seasoning and divide into 4 and shape into 10cm wide patties.

2. Heat BBQ or large frying pan over medium-high heat , spray with cooking oil and cook patties 3-4 minutes each side or until cooked through. Cook capsicums at same time on BBQ plate, until tender.

3. Toast hamburger buns, spread bottom halves with basil pesto, then top with meat patty, capsicum, rocket and dollop with beetroot dip. Top with remaining halves of each bun. Serve immediately.

Bacon? Beetroot? Fried egg? How do you like your burgers?