Hamburger

For the first, prepare all that you need for recipe. If you bought buns in the shop, just pass this step. For buns you will need two teaspoons of dry yeast, 300 grams of milk and 600 grams of flour. I used wholegrain flower because it is more healthy than ordinary white flour. Also you can use oat flour or any other. For the filling you need 300 grams of minced meat (I used veal but you can buy any that you like, even mixed meat), milk, one big tomato, three pickled cucumbers, any cheese, ketchup, leaves of green salad (I used leaves of cabbage), onion, vinegar 6%, water, sugar (3 tablespoons), salt, pepper and sunflower oil for frying. Also you may use olive oil or any other you like. Don't forget about seasoning for meat, the best if you choose special seasoning for meat that you use.

Let's start with buns. In view of the fact that cooking dough for buns takes a lot of time, we start with dough. So, for the first we should prepare leavened dough. In a deep bowl mix milk of room temperature, dry yeast and flour. Mix it together with mixer or whisk to avoid lumps.

You should have thick consistence which doesn't stick to hands. If you need you may add more flour. Cover it with wet towel and leave for 1 hour at a room temperature.

After 1 hour of waiting our leavened dough will rise. Now add to leavened dough 300 grams of flour, one pinch of salt and three tablespoons of sugar. Whisk yolk with melted butter and add to the dough.

Start knead the dough. The best if you start to knead it with mixer, do it on high speed for 3 minutes and then by hand. If you use planetary mixer, knead for 4 minutes. Dough must be light and elastic. When dough doesn't stick to your hands and it keeps form cover it with wet towel and leave for 2 hours. After two hours dough will expand twice as much.

Now cut dough into 6 equal pieces. Cover these pieces with wet towel and leave for 15-20 minutes. After this time form equal buns for burgers from each piece. Wrap each edge into the centre, under the bun. As a result you will have accurate buns. Put them to the baking sheet on parchment paper. Don't smear parchment paper with butter. Now flatten buns to give it flattened form. Now cover buns with wet towel for one hour and a half. Buns should rise. Leave it in place where is no draught.

An hour early baking heat the oven to 200 degrees. It is very important because the oven must be very hot and keep an equal temperature. Whisk one egg with milk and smear the top of bun with special brush. Put buns into the oven and bake for 20 minutes.

Meanwhile start work with filling. For the beginning prepare all you need for cutlet. Take one slice of bread (white or brown) and soak it in milk for 5 minutes.

Put minced meat into a deep bowl. Also make onion rings and prepare marinade for onion. Mix water, vinegar and sugar. Soak onion in this marinade for 20 minutes.

Add one pinch of salt and some your favourite seasoning. Then add one egg.

Add soaked bread to meat. Wring bread before it.

Start to knead it like dough.

Form 5-6 flat cutlets. Make it flat because during the frying cutlets will rise.

Start frying cutlets. Heat the frying pan and smear it with sunflower or olive oil. Fry on each side for 5-7 minutes.

Now slice tomato.

Also slice pickled cucumbers.

Cut buns lengthwise.

Smear each piece of bun with ketchup.

Add green salad or cabbage.

Then put one cutlet.

Add cheese.

Put one slice of tomato and 2-3 slices of pickled cucumbers. Put onion between tomato and cucumbers.

Our homemade hamburger is done. It looks so delicious and appetizing. Fresh vegetables, succulent cutlet and hot, homemade buns for our burger. This snack is so tasty and even healthy because all ingredients are fresh and low-calorie. Enjoy your snack and try to cook it for your family, even if you cook it for festive table these burgers will look so interesting and unusual.