Burger patties,
originally uploaded by choccis.
Firstly, find two mates (preferably guys) who don't cook all that often. Get them to bring their diving or snowboarding goggles. While they're on route to your place, get about 2 kgs of minced beef, half a box of breadcrumbs, 1 whole glove garlic, maybe 2-3 onions, heaps of fresh or dried herbs and lots of salt and pepper. When they arrive, get one friend started on the onion chopping - which needs to be very fine. Get the peeling the garlic, then either chop or use a barmix to chop it up. For the fresh herbs - use anything you like - thyme, rosemary all go down well, as does oregano.
Take a massive bowl, chuck in all the ingredients and get the boys to dig their (clean) hands in mixing it all up until it forms a big doughy mixture. Make the first burger pattie about the size of a cricket ball, then slightly flatten.
Keep an eye as your mates compete to see who can make more patties more quickly. Intervention required when competition turns to who can make bigger patties.
Cooking: grill in the oven for 20 mins. Serve with hot fresh bread with thickly sliced tomatoes, big dollop of ketchup and dijon mustard.
