Everyone recognizes the intoxicating smell of a freshly prepared burger, which instantly excites the taste buds and convinces them to venture into the world of delicious flavors. It's quite simple to make and even easier to bite into, but behind this little sandwich is a big story that even the pickiest of eaters will enjoy.
Once upon a time behind nine mountains and nine waters, fearless warriors rode across the plains of Central Asia, ready for battle, but always very hungry. They told them Tatars and since they did not have time to stop during the rush, they satisfied their hunger right on the way and served themselves with raw beef, which was kept under the saddle so that it softened nicely and thus fit even better. But that's just it a legend, which explains the creation of steak tartare, and this is where the story of today begins the most popular fast food - burger, which is actually much more than just a toasted patty between two bread balls.
When the Tatars made their way, in the 19th century the testers roasted the meat and added onions, and then German emigrants from the German port city of Hamburg created a dish called Hamburg Style Beef, carried across the pond, where the Americans quickly adopted it as their own. From here, various stories are circulating around the world about the further history of the hamburger. It should be the first in 1900 served by Louis Lassen at his little stand called Louis' Lunch in Connecticut, which is still famous today as shop of one of the best burgers in the world.
From famous fast food giants to sophisticated inns
People fell in love with it very quickly, in which even aspiring restaurateurs and businessmen saw a gold mine. McDonalds and Burger King started their journey in the middle of the 20th century and have remained at the very top of the burger producers until today, but there are also more and more smaller restaurants where the chefs know very well how to prepare a brilliant hamburger in a simple but sophisticated way. In Sweden, Jon Widegren, who after a trip to America where he tried 64 burgers in 38 days, just last year opened Flippin' Burgers. Widegren prefers to serve a double cheddar burger with cream cheese, onions and jalapeno chilies.
On the other side of the world, in Thailand, where you would never actually think of a burger, it stands in the middle of Bangkok Hyde & Seek Gastro Bar, famous for its exquisite Yankee Burger with juicy, 170-gram wagyu beef topped with caramelized shallots and Roquefort cheese, boasting a parmesan bun. Meanwhile, in New York, culinary connoisseurs recommend Black Iron Burger and the house specialty – a double burger with horseradish cheddar and caramelized fried onions. Are you still reading or are you already hungry and running for your burger?
Exotic flavors of burgers here too
Before you head out for the best, let's at least offer you a selection on the tray that our small country can boast of. Hot Horse offers its famous and huge horse burger with just the right seasoned patty, stallion steak or strips, to which we add extras to our taste in a soft bomb. Those who love the exotic will be delighted with the stunning burger with charcoal-grilled chicken, marinated in Teriyaki sauce, and it's also finger licking good Special Wagyu Burger, which is served to us in Tokyo Picnic in the middle of the capital.
Not far from picnicking by the Ljubljanica, you can v "burger cuisine" we also enjoy Central stations, where it smells like crispy bread balls with sesame, stuffed with chicken or beef, onion, tomato and salad, and we also get a cup of mustard on the side. And of course they are also intoxicating Hood burger and Cube burger. They all hang out in their own part of Ljubljana and invite hungry people under their roof, which smells of carefully prepared burgers, on the one hand with the full-fledged taste of Hoodega steak, with which nothing goes better than a single crispy potato. On the other side, Cube proudly serves fragrant roast beef with truffles in toasted whole wheat ciabatta, topped with truffle spread, fresh arugula and delicious brie cheese.
From the home grill
If we have at least some time, we can roll up our sleeves and prepare it in the garden for the house mini grill hamburgers, which will be licked by friends, whom we must not forget to invite. Add salt, pepper, curry, parsley, finely chopped garlic, egg and breadcrumbs to the minced meat. Knead everything well and form into patties. Use them on the grill quickly - when it smells of being baked, put melted cheese on one side of the patty, then directly into the previously toasted bombette. Add pine nuts, lettuce, tomato, toasted zucchini and onion, top with sauce if desired and serve. Bon Appetit!
Infomat
1. McDonalds sells more than 75 hamburgers every second. More than 300 billion of them are expected to be prepared so far.
2. The word cheeseburger was first used in December 1941 in a shop in Burbank, California.
3. If you lined up the hamburgers that Americans eat, you would circle the Earth 32 times.
4. In 2007, Denny's Beer Barrel Pub in Clearfield, Pennsylvania set the record for the largest burger, weighing almost 56 kilograms.
5. The most expensive burger, which was sold for more than 7,000 euros for charity, contained Wagyu beef, truffles and 24-karat gold leaf. The most special were the slices of Spanish Iberian ham. Black Iberian pigs have a mandated diet consisting only of acorns, which gives the meat a delicious earthy taste.
