Zuke Not Cuke Hamburger Recipes

JUICIEST HAMBURGERS EVER

Steps:

• Preheat grill for high heat.
• In a large bowl, mix the ground beef, egg, bread crumbs, evaporated milk, Worcestershire sauce, cayenne pepper, and garlic using your hands. Form the mixture into 8 hamburger patties.
• Lightly oil the grill grate. Grill patties 5 minutes per side, or until well done.

GRANDMA'S HAMBURGER HOT DISH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter a casserole dish. Arrange noodles in prepared dish.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef, onion, and celery in the hot skillet until beef is browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease. Stir cream of mushroom soup, cream of chicken soup, mushrooms, and milk into beef mixture until evenly combined; pour over noodles into prepared dish. Cover dish with aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Remove foil and sprinkle cashews over mixture; continue baking until bubbling, about 30 minutes more.

ZUNI CAFé'S HAMBURGER

Steps:

• Cut meat into 1-inch chunks or strips. Sprinkle with salt, tossing to coat well, and refrigerate, covered, for about 8 hours or up to 24 hours.
• Assemble your meat grinder, using the grinder plate with 3/16-inch holes. Chill the grinder in a bowl of ice water for 30 minutes or refrigerate for several hours. With motor set to medium speed, drop cold meat into grinding tube and let the machine pull pieces through (resist forcing the meat through with pushing tool) into a chilled bowl. Grind the meat twice. (You may also hand-chop the meat in small batches or use a food processor with a very sharp blade, but the patties will be a bit more fragile.)
• Working quickly, form 6-ounce patties by hand, first making spheres, then flattening them to a 3/4-inch thickness. Press patties slightly thinner in the middle. (This ensures an even thickness in the finished burgers.) Keep patties refrigerated until ready to cook.
• If grilling, prepare your coals. Grill patties over medium-hot coals, flipping them three times to make sure they don't char. A cold 6-ounce patty will take about 9 minutes for a rosy medium-rare. Rest for 2 to 3 minutes off the heat, as you would a roast, before serving. If using a preheated cast-iron pan over medium heat, cook burgers for about 10 minutes, also flipping three times, plus resting.
• To serve, warm a piece of focaccia for each burger and split the bread horizontally. Smear the bottom half with a dab of aioli, the add lettuce leaves and the cooked burger. Top with the other half of the focaccia. Serve with zucchini pickles and red onion pickles.

ZUKE NOT CUKE HAMBURGER/HOTDOG RELISH

Steps:

• Combine vegetables in a large bowl. Add salt and water, and let stand overnight (refrigerated).
• Next day drain liquid off. Heat vinegar, sugar, mustard and celery seed to boiling. Add vegetable mixture and bring back gently to boil. Reduce heat and cook slowly for 10 minutes.
• Follow canning procedure to seal in hot sterilized jars.

HAMBURGER RELISH

Steps:

• Core and seed peppers.
• Peel the dry skin off the onions.
• Grind the peppers and onions saving the juice for this recipe.
• Combine all the ingredients in a large enamel or stainless steel pot.
• Bring to a boil.
• Boil for 30 minutes, stirring often to prevent scorching and sticking.
• Ladle into clean hot jars leaving 1/4 inch head space.
• Process for 25 minutes in a boiling water bath.
• This will make 4 pints OR 8 half pints.

HAMBURGER RELISH

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together. Put in covered jar in refrigerator. Will keep for a number of weeks.