Juicy Cheese-Topped Hamburg Steak

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Juicy Cheese-Topped Hamburg Steak

This recipe is simple, and so good that it turns up on our table about once every two weeks.

It goes well with rice, and with a drink, wine especially. Our favourite way to eat it is to plate it up and pour a little ponzu (citrus-soy sauce) over the top. Excellent.

Just picturing it brings the flavour back.

Equipment you will need

• Heatproof dish
• Oven (the oven function of a microwave oven is fine)

Ingredients (serves 2~3)

• Dish: 1 tsp
• Minced beef and pork: 300g
• Salt: the weight of the meat in grams x 0.8% (use a calculator)
• Panko breadcrumbs: 1 tbsp
• Milk: 2 tbsp
• Onion: 1/2
• Mayonnaise: 1 tbsp
• Ketchup: as needed
• Melting cheese: as needed

A guide to the salt (the amount of salt really matters in this recipe, so please work it out accurately, with a calculator if you can) 150g: [150 x 0.8%] = 1.2g 200g: [200 x 0.8%] = 1.6g 250g: [250 x 0.8%] = 2g 300g: [300 x 0.8%] = 2.4g

Preparation

• Finely chop the onion.

Method

1. Fry the onion in an oiled frying pan until soft and translucent.
   
   
2. Put all of the ingredients below into a bowl and mix well, always stirring in the same direction, until the mixture turns sticky.
   
   

   Dish: 1 tsp Minced beef and pork: 300g Salt: the weight of the meat in grams x 0.8% (use a calculator) Panko breadcrumbs: 1 tbsp Milk: 2 tbsp Onion: 1/2 Mayonnaise

   
   
   
3. Pack the meat mixture into the heatproof dish, pressing out the air as you go.
   
   
4. Layer ketchup, as needed, then cheese, as needed, over the top of the meat mixture.
   
   
   
   
   
5. Bake in the oven at 200°C for 30 minutes.
   
   
6. Cut it out of the heatproof dish, plate it up, and it is ready.