Hemingway's Favorite Burger

Total Time: 13 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 little green onions, finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon india relish
• 2 tablespoons capers
• 1 teaspoon sage (his specified spice island)
• 1/2 teaspoon beau monde seasoning (also specified spice island or beau monde seasoning/spice mix if you can't find that)
• 1/4 teaspoon sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 dash msg (i consider this optional)
• 1 egg, beaten in a cup with a fork
• 1/3 cup dry wine (red or )
• 1 tablespoon cooking oil

Recipe

• 1 break up the meat with a fork and scatter the garlic, onion and dry seasonings over it, then mix them into the meat with a fork or your fingers.
• 2 let the bowl of meat sit out of the icebox for ten or fifteen minutes while you set the table and make the salad.
• 3 add the relish, capers, everything else including wine and let the meat sit, quietly marinating, for another ten minutes if possible.
• 4 now make your fat, juicy patties with your hands. the patties should be an inch thick, and soft in texture but not runny.
• 5 have the oil in your frying pan hot but not smoking when you drop in the patties and then turn the heat down and fry the burgers about four minutes.
• 6 take the pan off the burner and turn the heat high again.
• 7 flip the burgers over, put the pan back on the hot fire, then after one minute, turn the heat down again and cook another three minutes.
• 8 both sides of the burgers should be crispy brown and the middle pink and juicy.
• 9 time does not include sitting times.