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Spur double cheeseburger
Serves 2
Ingredients
1 onion
2 cups milk
2 cups flour
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp paprika
2 tsp mixed herbs
Oil, for shallow frying
400g frozen, straight-cut fries
For the burgers
4 beef burger patties
2 Tbsp olive oil
Spur BBQ sauce
For serving
2 sesame seed burger buns
Spur salad & French fry dressing
Small handful lettuce
¼ red onion, sliced
½ tomato, sliced
4 slices Cheddar
2 gherkins, sliced
Method
- Slice onion into thin ¼cm rounds.
- Submerge onion in milk and set aside for 30 minutes.
- Heat oil for frying.
- Combine flour, onion powder, paprika and mixed herbs in a large bowl.
- Remove onions from milk in small batches, immediately tossing through the seasoned flour.
- Carefully transfer to the hot oil and fry until crisp, about 2-3 minutes. Drain on kitchen paper. Season lightly with salt while still hot. Repeat with the remaining onions.
- Fry chips from frozen in batches, cooking until tender and lightly golden. Drain and lightly salt while still hot.
- Heat a griddle pan over high heat. Brush patties with oil.
- Cook burgers to your liking, basting both sides with BBQ sauce in the final minute of cooking.
- Halve the burger buns and lather each base with Spur dressing.
- Layer bun with lettuce, red onion and tomato followed by a patty and slice of Cheddar. Top with the second patty and Cheddar slice, and finally with the gherkin.
- Sandwich each bun closed.Serve alongside onion rings, fries and an ice cold coke!
Recipe & Styling: Sjaan van der Ploeg
Photographs: Zhann Solomons
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