Homemade pistachio and cheese burgers

At home my mother always made hamburgers; she preferred to choose the meat and have it minced at the time and then season it with garlic, parsley and onion. These things are not forgotten and I have been unable to buy ready-made hamburgers.

With the Gefu burger press , it's really easy to make them all the same. We like them small, and we use the small one, but you can opt for a larger size.

There are many ways to make them by combining different ingredients, varying them each time, and using things that are left in the fridge. In a notebook I write down different recipes that we liked, like the one I bring you today.

Gefu burger press , Le Creuset Damascus steel knife and De Buyer French Collection cast iron skillet

Ingredients

• 800 g lean minced beef
• 1 egg
• ½ onion
• 100 g of goat cheese roll
• A handful of pistachios (about ten or twelve)
• Extra virgin olive oil
• Lettuce or kale to accompany

Preparation

1. Chop the onion finely and sauté it with a little olive oil for about fifteen minutes. Set aside.
2. In a bowl, mix the onion, without oil, with the meat and add salt.
3. We add the peeled pistachios (whole or chopped, to taste).
4. We cut the cheese into slices, remove the rind and cut into three pieces.
5. We add the cheese to the previous mixture and mix it, stirring with a spatula .
6. Finally, we add a beaten egg and mix again to make the burgers juicier.
7. We let it rest in the refrigerator for at least a couple of hours so that the meat absorbs the flavor of the rest of the ingredients.
8. We wash the lettuce or kale and remove the water with a centrifuge so that it is crispy and dry.
9. We shape the burgers with the help of the Gefu burger press .
10. We fry the burgers on the grill with a little oil and serve them accompanied by a little lettuce or kale seasoned with a little olive oil and salt.

An exquisite recipe that I'm sure you'll like. Don't hesitate to improvise and introduce different ingredients, spinach, bacon, truffle, red pepper... and other types of cheese like Cheddar.