The Ultimate Hamburger

Name: The Ultimate Hamburger
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 8 strips, bacon; 1 - 2 slices, white sandwich bread, crusts removed and discarded, remaining bread cut into 1/2-inch pieces (about 1 cup); 1/4 cup, milk; 1 1/2 pounds, ground beef (see headnote); 1 teaspoon, table salt; 1/2 teaspoon, ground black pepper; 2 large cloves, garlic, very finely minced; , Vegetable oil for grill rack

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Appears in Cook's Country June/July 2005

Main Courses

Beef

Grilling & Barbecue

A great burger is well browned on the exterior and juicy and tender on the inside. But they rarely turn out that way. We wanted to make the ultimate no-holds-barred burger.

SERVES4

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Our Ultimate Hamburger recipe began with a panade—a blend of bread crumbs and milk—that helped to bind the burgers together. We also added bacon fat to the beef mixture. The rich, smoky-tasting fat added flavor and kept the meat moist. A li...

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