A week-end indulgence! French LOVE burgers and are very creative to invent new recipes. I have selected 5 easy recipes inspired by French cuisine and devilishly tasty. Want to try my kid’s favorite or my husband’s preferred temptation?
French cheeseburgers
France is a cheese country. We have more cheeses than days in a year… They offer a large choice of options for preparing delicious burgers. These are some ideas below.
If you don’t find French cheese, replace by top quality Cheddar.
French traditional burger recipe
For 4 servings
- 4 buns
- 1.5 lbs (680g) ground beef 5 to 10% fat
- 8 slices Comté or Emmental cheese
- Herb sauce*
- Ketchup
- Caramelized onions*
- Lamb’s lettuce
Instructions below
Blue cheese burger recipe
For 4 servings
- 4 buns
- 1.5 lbs (680g) ground beef 5 to 10% fat
- Crumbled blue cheese
- Homemade mayonnaise*
- Grilled bacon
- Chopped chives
- Optional: caramelized onions*
Instructions below
Alps burger recipe
For 4 servings
- 4 buns
- 1.5 lbs (680g) ground beef 5 to 10% fat
- 8 slices Raclette or Reblochon cheese
- Herb sauce*
- Smoked ham
- Chopped chives
Instructions below
Norman Burger recipe
For 4 servings
- 4 buns
- 17.6 oz (5000g) ground beef 5 to 10% fat
- 1 chopped onion
- 16 slices Camembert (1/2 to 3/4 Camembert)
- Slow simmered onions (with butter)
- 1 thinly sliced apple
Instructions below
Autumn burger recipe
For 4 servings
- 4 buns
- 17.6 oz (500g) ground beef 5 to 10% fat
- Onion confit*
- Stir-fried mushrooms*
- 8 dried tomatoes
- Arugula
- Optional: 8 slices Comté or Emmental cheese
Instructions below
Instructions
Bread
- Preheat the oven to 350°T (180°C). Cut the buns into two pieces and toast them lightly, then lay them out open-faced
Patties
- With onions: Thinly slice onion and combine it with ground beef, salt and pepper. Shape the mixture into 4 patties.
- Without onions: Shape the meat with your hands into 4 patties
- Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan and add the patties to the pan. Season with salt and pepper. Cook them to the desired doneness. While cooking, flatten them progressively with a spatula. Take the pan off the heat.
- Thinly slice the cheese and put it on the meat
- Toast the buns
* Caramelized onions
- 4 red onions
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons vinegar
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Peel and slice the red onions
- Put a saucepan on the stove with a dash of olive oil. Add the red onions, salt and pepper. Cover and simmer over low heat for 35 minutes. Stir from times to times.
- Add the vinegar and adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper. Continue to simmer over low heat for 10 minutes (uncovered)
- Set aside the onions in a bowl
* Herb sauce
- 2 thinly chopped white onions
- 1.41 oz (40g) chopped parsley
- 0.7 oz (20g) chopped chives
- 2.82 oz (80g) gherkins
- 6.35 oz (180g) mayonnaise (homemade is better…)
- a splash of lemon juice
- a spash of Tabasco
- 1.06 oz (30g) beetroot germinated seeds (if you find them!)
- Cub the gherkins
- Prepare the mayonnaise*
- Add the lemon juice and the tabasco, the chopped white onions, the chopped herbs, the germinated seeds to the mayonnaise. Mix well
- Keep in cooler
* Homemade mayonnaise
- 1 yolk
- 12 oz (60g) mustard
- ½ cup (110 ml) sunflower oil
- In a bowl, whisk mustard with the yolk. Salt and pepper and incorporate a small amount of sunflower seed oil. Once the mixture has begun to thicken and increase in volume, continue to pour very progressively the oil. Keep whisking constantly until you get a smooth texture. Use a wire whisk or a blender.
* Onion confit
- 2 red onions
- 2.5 tablespoons (3.5 cl) red wine
- 4 tablespoons (6.5 cl) liquid honey
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- Peel the onions and thinly slice it
- Pour olive oil into a hot pan. Then add the onions, the honey and a pinch of salt. Let caramelized. Deglaze with red wine and reduce at very low heat
- Adjust the seasoning and keep warm
* Stir-fried mushrooms
- Clean the mushrooms with a clean brush, slice them
- Add the mushrooms in warm oiled pan. Salt. Brown then at high heat
Final touch
- Half and toast the buns
- (If relevant), spread the sauce over the buns and top with the meat
- Add the relevant ingredients of each recipe: onions, ham or grilled bacon, mushrooms, dried tomatoes, salad, herbs, slices of apple…
- (If relevant), spread ketchup on the other buns
- Close the bun and enjoy!
To be served with a salad, herbs baked tomatoes or Carrot, pumpkin and sweet potato puree
If you prefer an healthy choice, try Healthy cod fish burger with fresh herb yogurt sauce
