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Dairy Council

Young Cook Finalist Recipes

Cheese burgers with soda bread baps

Servings
Serves 6
Chef
Declan Spencer
School
Focus School, Newry Campus
Teacher
Mrs Linda Elmore Key Stage 3

Ingredients

500g Northern Ireland minced beef

1tbsp oil

2 red onions, finely chopped

1tbsp Dijon mustard

1tbsp Worcestershire sauce

1 large egg

Small handful of breadcrumbs

Salt and pepper

60g Northern Ireland cheddar cheese

Little gem lettuce

Tomatoes, sliced

Garlic sauce

Soda baps:

120g wholemeal flour

250g strong white flour

1 large egg

1tsp bicarbonate of soda

350ml Northern Ireland buttermilk

2tbsp oats

Servings
Serves 6
Chef
Declan Spencer
School
Focus School, Newry Campus
Teacher
Mrs Linda Elmore Key Stage 3

Method

For the soda baps, pre–heat the oven to 200ºC and lightly oil a baking sheet.

In a mixing bowl, combine together flours and bicarbonate of soda and make a well. Mix buttermilk and egg and whisk to combine together. Pour the mix into the well and mix together with a wooden spoon and until you have a dough.

Form six palm–sized buns, place on a baking sheet and sprinkle with oats. Cook in the oven for 40 minutes. Remove from the oven and set on a wire rack to cool completely.

While the buns are cooking, fry the red onion in a frying pan with a little oil over a medium heat and cook gently for about 8 minutes until soften right down. Set aside to cool completely.

In a mixing bowl, combine the mince, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, egg, breadcrumbs and cooked onion, and season with a little salt and pepper. Form and the meat mix into six burger patties.

Place a frying pan over a high heat and add oil. Fry burgers for 4 to 5 minutes each side until they are cooked all the way through. When you turn the burgers on the pan, add a slice of cheese to each one.

To serve, split the baps and fill with lettuce leaves, slice tomatoes, the burger and a good dollop of garlic sauce.