Maybe if the item on the right wasn't quite so empty the photo would have been more appetising. But this recipe has them queuing for miles. Our 17 year old tells me he has been waiting all winter for them. My own 13 year old says they are his favourite supper. Even the troublesome stepsod admits to 'really really really liking' them. So here, for your delectation is the recipe. Try it: you'll be pleasantly surprised.
I just have to tease you a bit. Who can guess the secret ingredient? There's no contest really as it's in the recipe below, but very few of you will have guessed it. I am no Delia, so the weights and measures are all artistic. Makes five to six-ish. See what I mean?
Get a red onion, and a couple of fat juicy cloves of garlic. Whack them through the Mouli so they are finely chopped. Place in big mixing bowl. Slurp of Extra Virgin and add in the contents of one standard pack of supermarket lamb mince (double things for, er, twice-ish as much). Add a couple of eggs (Omega enriched, natch). And then add a good portion - three breakfast bowls worth - of .... of ... of. Have you guessed? Bet not, anyway: cornflakes. Yup, good old cornflakes. Roll up sleeves and get stuck-in. Mix by hand, crunching it all in. Don't be precious about it, let it squidge through your fingers. Be sensual. But don't over do it. Roll into round portions. BBQ. Serve with salad, new potatoes, bread rolls whatever takes your fancy. They are sweet and guaranteed to get the whole meat-eating family (yes, ILTV all of them) eating. And what's more, asking when you're going to do them again.
You can add a couple of teaspoons of French Mustard for a different flavour, or Chilli Oil to make them spicy. Curry powder's a thought. Or chopped mint for a bit of Ramsay-ness. Or redcurrant jelly for those of sweeter tooth. Experiment. The basic recipe is endlessly adaptable. It will even cope with beef. And maybe bran flakes, for the bowel conscious, although I haven't tried that yet. Perhaps even Quorn for unimaginative veggies..
I've had the Barby probably 15 years and I LOVE it. I'd cook on it every day if I could. If you haven't got a gas barby yet... why not? Would you go back to dial-up for the interweb? Hmmm, thought not.
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Oh Yes!!!! Bowel conscious, burgers for the. I laughed so much I could hardly spell it.
Sounds like a good recipe. We have a Barbie nut here too. I shall pass it on to him.
Perhaps even Quorn for the unimaginative vegetarians? Beep, being a vegetarian, believe me, one has to be imaginative.
Ah yes, I know Thursday, I know, but there are a couple of 'veggies' I know who basically have a carnivore's diet, but replace meat with Quorn. So they have burgers and chips, sausages and so on: they are the unimaginative veggies to whom I refer. I love a veggie diet, but being unimaginatve myself, often fall back on good old tried and tested meat recipes.
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