You can’t help it but when you have men about the house, when you mention a quick snack ‘quarter pounder’ comes bounding from their lips. Well they do in my house anyway!  With my son and all his testosterone friends about, a quarter pounder saves the day, to fill them up. But I don’t go heading for any well know fast food centre, oh no! home made is a must!

So if like me, you have a houseful of youths or hungry men after a morning’s gardening, decorating, mending the car, cleaning the windows (who am I kidding), here is my homemade quick quarter pounder, just for you:

It’s quick, it’s mean and it’s delicious, (my sons words!)

You will need: 500g pack of lean minced beef, 1 egg beaten, 1/2 cucumber peeled, pinch of salt, dash of malt vinegar, 4 tbsp light mayonnaise, mustard to taste, 1 beef steak tomato cut in to slices, 1 red onion liced into rings, Cobs or Baps of your choice and 1.2 iceburg lettuce divided into leaves.

Simply mix together the minced beef and enough beaten egg to bind it together and season with salt and pepper. Divide you mince into 4 and shape into rounds then pressing down to form a burger shape.

Heat your griddle or grill. Brush your burgers with the oil and cook for 7 minutes on each side for medium and 10 minutes each side for well down.  Meanwhile cut the cucumber in to thick slices and place in a bowl season and add a small splash of vinegar and mix well (obviously if you do not like vinegar leave out this part). Then mix your mayonaise with you choosen mustard to your own taste, again if you do not like this use your favourite homemade relish (or shop brought). I shall have to blog on relishes for you so keep reading.

Then simply cut your baps or cobs in half and place the tomato on one half, then the burger, topping with the mustard mayonaise, cucumber slices and red onion rings. Finishing with a iceburg lettuce leaf and top with the other half of your cut cob or bap. Voile!  Happy full tummies all around.

If your veggie or do not eat beef, as alot of my friends don’t, then replace the beef mince with mince of your choice. If using pork mince add apple slices, if your using lamb add mint in yogurt rather than mayonaise and mustard and if you love veggie mince why not replace the mayonaise & mustard with a tangly fresh salsa.

Tell me you perfect burger combination.