1. To make the Panade,
Soak the bread (use bread that has a bite to it or use day old french) in water.
Using a Panade to tenderize and keep burgers moist
2. Mince the onions. Squeeze the moisture out of the soaked bread and put in a bowl.
3. Add the egg ,minced onions,and mustard. Season with Salt,Pepper and Paprika. Mix well
4. Make into 4 burgers. You of course can make them into more or less.
We made them oval because we used oval buns. (Brötchen)
5. BBQ the burgers on both sides to a temperature of 165 degrees. Notice how the burgers
are not greasy and they hold together well.
6. Einzi Johnson recommended a Brötchen over a hamburger bun.
A soft Kaiser Roll works well also.
7. Place on the roll and we served them with BBQued fries, Butter lettuce leaves, purple onion slices, tomato and pickles. For condiments we served German mustard, catsup and mayonnaise.
In this version, I used pork and beef,
I added finely diced omions.
I wanted to add a little American to it so I wanted to give a little smoke to
So I cooked them indirect on a plank for 30 min or so with mesquite coals.
Add good old corn on the cob, purple onion rings
and I wanted to glaze them with BBQ sauce that I added some Curry Catsup too.
Notes;
These Burgers are also called Buletten in Berlin.
Here are some fun notes on Bulleten from Corliss Cogan:
The term, "Buletten" is used exclusively in Berlin and is "Berlinerisch" for Frickadellen. Berliners are known for their own unique jargon and it is not uncommon for them to have their own words for things, i.e. a small hardroll in Germany is "Broetchen, but in Berlin it is a "Schrippe". Typical "Herz mit Schnauze" for the Berliners...I am probably one of the few people who, when they learned German, learned Berlinerisch first!!! Da kiekste wat!!!
Another Variation;
Alcenterissa wrote me and told me her family recipe they soak the bread in milk,
and they saute the onions before mixing them in with the meat. Basil is also added to the spice mixture.
to make these leaner we ground our own pork tenderloin
You can also bread the Frikadellers, and Fry them
Here are some that we breaded and some we didn't bread.
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