Homemade Truffle Burgers

If you like burgers, don’t miss these HOMEMADE TRUFFLE BURGERS, genuine and you know exactly what’s inside! Once ready, you can either enjoy them right away by cooking them as you prefer (oven, pan, grill) or freeze them wrapped in parchment paper to keep them separate and always have a ready supply! These homemade burgers will become one of your favorite main courses, I assure you! But now let’s get to the recipe!

Here are 4 side dishes to pair with truffle burgers:

  • Difficulty: Very Easy
  • Cost: Very Cheap
  • Rest time: 2 Hours
  • Preparation time: 10 Minutes
  • Portions: 3
  • Cooking methods: No Cooking
  • Cuisine: Italian
  • Seasonality: All Seasons

Ingredients for Homemade Truffle Burgers

  • 1.32 lbs ground veal
  • 3 tbsp truffle sauce (generous)
  • 1 egg
  • to taste fine salt
  • to taste mixed peppercorns (freshly ground)

Useful Tools

  • Kitchen Scale
  • Bowl
  • 1 Spoon
  • Burger Press
  • Plastic Wrap

Preparation of Homemade Truffle Burgers

  • In a bowl, add the ground veal, adjust with salt (just a pinch) and add generous amounts of freshly ground pepper, quickly mix with a spoon.

  • Now add the egg and truffle sauce, mix well with your hands (consider wearing food-safe latex gloves) until you have a homogeneous mixture. Leave in the bowl, cover with plastic wrap and let it rest in the fridge for at least 2 hours.

  • After resting in the fridge, divide the mixture into 3 equal parts (you’ll get about three 200g burgers each), press each meat portion in a burger press, and place the formed burgers on a tray with parchment paper, and voilà, just cook and enjoy!

  • You can cook the burgers in a non-stick pan with a drizzle of oil for 6 minutes per side (or to your preferred cooking level) or in the oven at 392°F (200°C) for 15/20 minutes or if preferred, quickly sear them on a very hot cast iron grill for 4 minutes per side.

  • If you want to store them in the freezer, just wrap them first in parchment paper, then put them in a freezer bag and freeze them, you’ll always have a ready supply!

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