Berlin Best Blue Burger

One of the many great things to do in Berlin is to take a visit to the Turkish Markets, Tuesdays and Fridays on the Maybachufer in Kreuzberg. It is a food market, which as its name suggest, sells lots of Turkish stuff, fruits and vegetables, dips, bread and some non food items. Much of the edibles are seasonal so often there is something new to look at and wonder what it is!

Each visit is an inspiration about what you could make from all the great things on offer.

In our latest visit we decided to make some blue cheese hamburgers.

From the markets we picked up the basics of -
Leafy greens, 50 cents
Hamburger Buns (a pack of 4 x Milch Brot), 1 euro 30 cents
1 tomato, 20 cents
100 grams of Danish blue cheese, 1 euro.

From a regular supermarket we picked up 500 grams of 'hackfleisch gemischt, 2 euros 29 cents.

Already in stock at home we had some onions, mayonnaise and some meat seasoning.

The burger patties were a simple mix of the meat and seasoning, and then cooked in a pan.
As the patties spend their final minute or two in the pan, 25 grams of blue cheese is placed on top of each one. This is a lot of cheese, more than it sounds!

If you have a lid for the pan, it is a good idea to cover and let the heat and steam build up which helps the cheese melt.

Once the cheese has melted it is time to assemble the burger. The milch brot is a beautifully soft Turkish bread which just begs to be turned into a burger, and its easy to do so. Just a simple construction of mayonnaise, onion, sliced tomato, leafy salad greens and the patty on top. That is all!

This is a big burger! Note from the photos that the patty was a little small for the size of the bun. as the patty was so thick, this was solved by slicing the patty horizontally. The meat quantity of 500 grams stated is correct for 4 of these monster burgers - so just squash the meat thinner before cooking, or slice afterwards.

In fact, these burgers are so big that slicing a completed one in half will give you a regular sized burger. We also experimented with quartering the burger, which gives an American Slider type size.

So, this recipe can make 4 monster burgers, 8 normal burgers or 16 sliders! All for under 6 euros :)

The blue cheese is the star of the burger and doesn't mix well with other flavours. Tip, avoid tomato sauce on this burger. Keep it simple and let the blue cheese taste take over.

These burgers are truly super tasty and much better than anything that you can get from a local burger joint!