papa's burger

14 Pinches
Updated on Aug 17, 2014

In the basement of Hemingway's home in Cuba in an effort to preserve his legend the JFK Library found many articles, letters, etc. One of the items was a typed recipe for a western Burger/ Papa burger. Unfortunately, many ingredients are no longer available so I have taken liberty to create my own version.

prep time 1 Hr
cook time 20 Min
method Stove Top
yield 2 serving(s)

Ingredients

  • 1 pound lean ground chuck
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
  • 2 - green onions
  • 2 tablespoons capers (rinsed and drained)
  • 1 tablespoon ground sage
  • 1/2 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1 - egg, uncooked
  • 1/2 cup red wine
  • 1 tablespoon india relish
  • 1/2 teaspoon celery salt

How To Make papa's burger

  • Step 1
    spread the meat with a fork and add the garlic, onion and dry seasonings and mix with your hand. Let the meat sit for 10 minutes in the refer.
  • Step 2
    Add capers and everything else including the wine and let marinate for ten more minutes. Then, make two thick, juicy patties.
  • Step 3
    Heat the oil in the pan to near smoking. Drop patties in and turn heat to medium. after a few minutes turn up the heat and flip burgers. cook for two minutes and turn down the flame again to med. Both sides should be crispy brown but pink in the middle.
  • Step 4
    Plate the burger patties with or w/o buns and top with heaping tablespoon of room temp. homemade India Relish.

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Category: Beef
Ingredient: Beef
Culture: American
Method: Stove Top

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