HAMBURGER STEAK, CHATEAUBRIAND-

 CHATEAUBRIAND- Use same meat as for hamburger steak

OR

Ingredients:

2 chicken bouillon cubes 1/4 tsp. pepper

1 cup boiling water         2 tsp Worcestershire

1-1/2 lbs ground beef               1 egg

3/4 tsp. salt                              2 cans (3oz. each)                                                   sliced mushrooms

1/4 tsp. poultry seasoning        2 Tbsp. flour

Instructions:

1. Dissolve bouillon cubes in boiling water; cool.

2. Add beef, seasonings and egg; mix thoroughly.

3. Shape into thick oval steak and put in shallow broiling pan.

4. Broil to desired doneness (about 5 minutes on each side for medium).

5. Oil a heated plank, place steak on plank, and arrange border of Duchés, sliced and deep-fried or Chateau potatoes around it.

6.. Arrange other cooked vegetables, at least three, in contrasting colour, such as stuffed tomatoes or green peppers, small boiled onions, peas, wax, or green string beans, cubes of carrot or turnip, cauliflower, around the steak, also so that the board is entirely concealed.

7. Drain mushrooms, reserving liquid. Cook in drippings in broiling pan. Blend with flour. Add mushroom liquid, and cook till thickened.

8. If using Duchess, place the plank in he oven until the potato border is browned and all the vegetables are heated through.

9. After removing it from the oven, finish steak (spread with butter and sprinkle with minced parsley, salt and paprika).

10. The meat is sliced at the table, into and served with the mushroom sauce or with Chateau and Béarnaise sauce, as you prefer. Serves 4 to

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Smothered Hamburger Steak

·   Smothered- Cover uncooked steaks with gravy and sautéed onions simmer covered about 30 minutes.

Beef Patties-Basic Recipe

 Beef Patties -Basic recipe

Ingredients:

1-1/2 lbs. ground beef

1/2 tsp.     salt

                few grains of pepper

2 Tbsp.      grated onion

Method

1. Combine meat and seasonings; avoid over mixing which toughens meat See also Ground beef Tips above

2. Shape into patties, rounding them with the palm of the hand or flattening them between sheets of waxed paper for serving with buns.

3. Sauté in a little hot fat or broil 5-7 minutes on each side.

Makes 6 patties 1/2 in thick.

Sauerbraten Patties

Sauerbraten Patties

1-1/2 lbs. ground beef              1/3 cup milk

1 medium onion, minced        1-1/2 cups water

 1 egg                               1/2 cup vinegar

1 tsp. salt                         10 whole cloves

1/4 cup fine dry                       1 bay leaf

        bread crumbs           8 gingersnaps crumbled

          Mix lightly the first 6 ingredients. Shape into 4 large patties. Brown on both sides in hot greased skillet. Add remaining ingredients. Bring to boil; cover and simmer 1 hour. Serves 4.

.Gourmet Hamburger Steak

 Gourmet Hamburger Steak

Ingredients

1-1/2 lbs meat, mix of ground chuck, pork and veal

1 cup finely minced sweet onion

1/2 cup firm fresh bread crumbs

1/4 cup chopped flat leaf parsley

1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce

1 Tbsp. milk

1 tsp. dry mustard

3/4 tsp. salt

 1/2 tsp. freshly ground pepper

1/4 tsp. freshly grated nutmeg

        Pinch of ground cloves

1 egg

Instructions

          In a large mixing bowl, use your hands to gently but thoroughly combine the meat, onion, bread crumbs, parsley, Worcestershire, milk, mustard, salt, pepper, nutmeg, cloves and egg. Form the mixture into 6 oval loaves each about 3/4-inch thick.

Planked Hamburger Steak

·   Planked

        Oil a heated plank, place cooked steak on plank, and arrange border of Duchess or sliced, deep- fried potatoes around it. Arrange other cooked vegetables, such as peas, string beans, cubes of carrot or yellow turnip, around steak also, so that the board is entirely concealed. Place the plank in the oven until the potato border is browned and all the vegetables are heated through. After removing it from the oven finish steak with butter and sprinkle with minced parsley, salt and paprika. Serve on the plank. Often a cast iron sizzler is used with the plank. SEE MY CHATEAUBRIAND RECIPE, TO GET THE IDEA OF HOW A "PLANKED STEAK SHOULD LOOK AND BE PREPARED:  http://al-alex-alexander-d-girvan.blogspot.com/2011/11/chateaubriand-as-it-should-look-and-be.html©

Hamburger Steak Diane

Hamburger Steak Diane

2 lbs.         ground chuck 

1 tsp.         salt

1/4 tsp.     pepper

4 Tbsp.      butter

2 Tbsps.      prepared mustard

2 Tbsps.      lemon juice

1 Tbsp.      Worcestershire sauce

          Mix the ground chuck, salt and pepper together lightly and form into 3- 1inchthick patties. Melt butter in skillet. Remove from heat Blend mustard into butter, return to heat. Pan-broil hamburgers on medium heat about 5 minutes each side. Remove and keep warm. Add lemon juice and Worcestershire sauce to pan and stir over low heat until well blended. Return patties to pan and let simmer in juice a few minutes while spooning juice over the top occasionally. This recipe is often planked. Yield 6 servings. 


TRADITIONAL STEAK DIANE:
http://al-alex-alexander-d-girvan.blogspot.com/2011/08/steak-diane.html