🍔 Double Cheese Smash Burger — Full Recipe

 

✅ Ingredients (2 burgers)

For the patties:

• 250g ground beef (80% meat / 20% fat)

• Salt

• Black pepper

• Garlic powder (optional)

• 1 tbsp butter or oil (for cooking)

For assembling:

• 4 slices cheddar cheese

• 2 soft burger buns

• Pickles (sliced)

• 1 small onion (thinly sliced or diced)

• Butter to toast the buns

For smash burger sauce:

• 3 tbsp mayonnaise

• 1 tbsp ketchup

• 1 tsp mustard

• 1 tsp pickles juice (or chopped pickles)

• 1 pinch smoked paprika (optional)

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🔥 Preparation Steps

1️⃣ Make the smash sauce

Mix mayo + ketchup + mustard + pickle juice + paprika.
Set aside.

2️⃣ Form the meat balls

• Divide the beef into 4 equal balls (~60g each).

• Don’t press, don’t season yet.

3️⃣ Heat the pan

Use a cast-iron or stainless steel pan.
Heat it very hot.

4️⃣ Smash the patties

• Add a little butter or oil to the pan.

• Place two meat balls, add a square of baking paper on top, and smash hard with a spatula into thin patties.

• Season with salt + pepper + garlic powder.

• Cook until edges get crispy (1–2 min).

• Flip.

5️⃣ Add the cheese

• Place cheddar on each patty.

• Lap them together in pairs (2 patties per burger).

6️⃣ Toast the buns

• Spread butter on the inside of the buns.

• Toast them in the pan until golden.

7️⃣ Assemble the burger

Bottom bun → smash sauce → pickles → onions → double cheesy patties → top bun.