Last week while Morgan sat and did her homework Florence and I decided to make dinner together. This was a crafty trick on my behalf as Florence was being a particular pain in the.... foot.... and would not leave her sister alone for 5 minutes and was therefore affecting Morgans homework.
I had planned to make burgers, Pork Leek and Sage burgers to be precise so this was lucky as it was something she could really get her hands into....literally. However, I had also decided that I would make the buns to go with this too. Madness I hear you shout, yes probably but I saw a recipe for 40 minute buns and decided that it would be a good challenge to make fresh buns and burgers in the same night. So first things first, making the buns;
I weighed out all the ingredients while Florence mixed it all in. This was her favourite bit. We then tipped her 'wet' mixture in with the sifted flour and placed in the food mixer with the dough attachment on. While the machine was mixing up the dough we then set about preparing all the ingredients for the burgers. The burger recipe was taken from Mary Berry's book, a link to a page where you can buy it is below. It is called 'cook now eat later', its good for working families as it is full of recipes you can prepare in advance and cook when you get home. Yes... please don't comment I know I completely ignored the prepare earlier bit, something I will pay attention to next time :-)
http://www.maryberry.co.uk/books-tv/book/cook-now-eat-later
I also found a link to a pretty similar, weirdly almost identical recipe on the weightwatchers website;
https://weightwatchersideas.wordpress.com/2014/11/17/1579/
I love making burgers with the children, it is a lovely gooey adventure, with this one the mince, breadcrumbs if I remember rightly the mustard (may have got that bit wrong) are whizzed in a food processor, then you add in remaining ingredients and get your hands in there to mix it all in and make the burger shapes. The fun of making burgers yourself is you can make them as big or little as you want. So we had Florence burgers, Morgan Burgers, Mummy Burgers and Daddy Burgers. We then put our burgers in the fridge to chill and set about finishing the burger buns.
Another fun activity was making the burger bun shapes which we did to match the size of the burgers. The online activity stated to leave for 10 minutes then pop in the oven.... so during this stage we started cooking the burgers....
It said once rested the buns took 10 minutes I decided to cook the burgers slowly to ensure cooked through and not burnt on the outside which is why I started the process while the bun dough was resting. I can not stress this enough, if you have home-made burgers on a high heat you just end up with a burnt outside and undercooked inside. So be patient and just cook slowly.
It worked really well for timing, everything completed on time. In total taking into consideration I was doing this with a 4 year old it took about 45 minutes. It was an amazingly fun experience and something Florence (aka Fluffy) could get really stuck into. Not only that but having the home cooked buns was also really nice adding the warmth of the bread into the sensation. She was so proud of her first proper meal she cooked 'all by herself', I think she found it really lovely that it was just me and her, because in truth if Morgan is with us Morgan tends to get a lot of the jobs as she is the oldest. She was so proud of the meal she named it.... welcome to the McFluffy burger :-)
If you would like the bun recipe please follow the link below;
http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/40-minute-hamburger-buns
#burgers
#cookingwithkids
I had planned to make burgers, Pork Leek and Sage burgers to be precise so this was lucky as it was something she could really get her hands into....literally. However, I had also decided that I would make the buns to go with this too. Madness I hear you shout, yes probably but I saw a recipe for 40 minute buns and decided that it would be a good challenge to make fresh buns and burgers in the same night. So first things first, making the buns;
http://www.maryberry.co.uk/books-tv/book/cook-now-eat-later
I also found a link to a pretty similar, weirdly almost identical recipe on the weightwatchers website;
https://weightwatchersideas.wordpress.com/2014/11/17/1579/
I love making burgers with the children, it is a lovely gooey adventure, with this one the mince, breadcrumbs if I remember rightly the mustard (may have got that bit wrong) are whizzed in a food processor, then you add in remaining ingredients and get your hands in there to mix it all in and make the burger shapes. The fun of making burgers yourself is you can make them as big or little as you want. So we had Florence burgers, Morgan Burgers, Mummy Burgers and Daddy Burgers. We then put our burgers in the fridge to chill and set about finishing the burger buns.
Another fun activity was making the burger bun shapes which we did to match the size of the burgers. The online activity stated to leave for 10 minutes then pop in the oven.... so during this stage we started cooking the burgers....
It worked really well for timing, everything completed on time. In total taking into consideration I was doing this with a 4 year old it took about 45 minutes. It was an amazingly fun experience and something Florence (aka Fluffy) could get really stuck into. Not only that but having the home cooked buns was also really nice adding the warmth of the bread into the sensation. She was so proud of her first proper meal she cooked 'all by herself', I think she found it really lovely that it was just me and her, because in truth if Morgan is with us Morgan tends to get a lot of the jobs as she is the oldest. She was so proud of the meal she named it.... welcome to the McFluffy burger :-)
If you would like the bun recipe please follow the link below;
http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/40-minute-hamburger-buns
#burgers
#cookingwithkids
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