Gotham Bar And Grill: Hamburger

Restaurant: Gotham Bar And Grill
Chef: Alfred Portale
Meats: ground sirloin
Produce: tomato, onion, bibb lettuce
Spices: salt, ground pepper
Other: dill pickles, pickled green tomatoes, French fries
Cooking Method: Grill
Yields: One hamburger



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Chef's Notes: Tips:
1-“The meat,” he continued, “must be seared well so that it is crisp on both sides and moist in the center.
2-The sesame bun used at the Gotham Bar and Grill is a round ''hard'' bun made by Hot and Crusty Bakers, 1201 Second Avenue, in Manhattan, New York, USA

Ingredients:
9 ounces freshly ground trimmed ends from strip steak or freshly ground sirloin steak, preferably with a 10 to 15 percent fat content
Salt to taste, if desired
Freshly ground pepper to taste
1 sesame-seed hamburger bun (hard)

Topping:
1 slice red, ripe tomato
1¼-inch thick sliced red onion
leaves of bibb lettuce

Garnish:
1 classic dill pickle
1 small pickled sweet pepper
1 pickled green tomato
French-fried potatoes

Procedure:
1. Preheat a gas or charcoal grill to high.
2. Shape the meat loosely, pressing gently without kneading, into a patty about one inch thick and about four and one-half inches in diameter. Season the meat on both sides with salt and pepper.
3. Place the meat on the grill and cook three to three and a half minutes on each side for a rare hamburger; four to four and a half minutes on each side for a medium-well hamburger, and five minutes on each side for well-done. A rare hamburger will be soft to the touch; a medium-well, slightly springy, and well done, firm.
4. Toast both bun halves on the cut side until lightly browned. Arrange the bottom half, cut side up, on a dinner plate. Place the meat on top and cover with a slice of tomato and slice of onion. Cover with the other half of the bun. Garnish with pickled green tomato, pickled sweet pepper, classic dill pickle and french fries. Serve with tomato ketchup on the side.



Restaurant: Gotham Bar And Grill
Recipe Type: Authentic
Recipe Author: Chef Alfred Portale
Original Photograph By:
Photograph Retouched By: Recipe Spy
Recipe Source: http://www.nytimes.com/recipes/2631/gotham-bar-and-grill-hamburger.html

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